Hear the whistle blowin' so long

Tellin' me I gotta move along

Coast to coast gonna steal highway

Railroad boy up in the guiding daybreak



Get no sleep in a boxcar

Get no piece of line

They catch you jumpin' a freight train

They give you such a hard time



Movin' fast as my time runs out

Coal is something I can live without

Railroad fever got me a route

Like tumblweed I ain't got no roots



You know no peace in a boxcar

Just can't sleep on a line

They catch you jumpin' a freight train

They give you such a hard time



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East coast towns they are

Dark and cold

West coast ladies

They get right to my soul



But you know

Can't stand long

Bet all rairoader's

Are singin' my song