Downbound Train

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I had a job,  I had a girl
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 I had something going, mister,
in this world
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I got laid off  down at the lumberyard
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 Our love went bad, times got hard
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Now I work     down at the carwash
Where all it ever does is rain
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  Don't you feel     like you're a rider
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On a down__bound train?

[Verse 2]
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She just said "Joe,  I gotta go
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 We had it once,
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 we ain't got it any more"
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She packed her bags,  left me behind
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 She bought a ticket on the Central Line
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Nights as I sleep,
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I hear that whistle whining
I feel her kiss in the misty rain
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  And I feel     like I'm a rider
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On a down__bound train

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Last night, I heard your voice
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 You were crying, crying,
you were so alone
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You said your love  had never died
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 You were waiting for me at home
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Put on my jacket,
I ran through the woods
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 I ran till I thought my chest would explode
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There in a clearing beyond the highway
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In the moonlight,
our wedding house shone
I rushed through the yard
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  I burst through the front door
My head pounding hard,
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 up the stairs I climbed
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The room was dark,  our bed was empty
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Then I heard that long whistle whine
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And I dropped     to my knees, hung my head,
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and cried

[Verse 4]
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Now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down them cross ties,
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working in the rain
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Now don't it feel     like you're a rider
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On a down__bound train?

[Outro]
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[Fade-Out]
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