[00:08.550]In the heat of the day down in mobile, alabama
[00:12.060]Working on the railroad with
[00:13.760]the steel driving hammer
[00:15.420]Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
[00:18.740]Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
[00:22.060]'she don't love me' hear them singing in the sun
[00:25.630]Payday's coming and my work is all done
[00:28.770]
[00:48.750]Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low
[00:52.300]All day i been waiting for the whistle to blow
[00:55.650]Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks
[00:59.150]Rolling them bones until
[01:00.690]the foreman comes back
[01:02.450]Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about
[01:05.600]We've got an off schedule train comin?
[01:07.810]two miles about
[01:09.610]
[01:29.500]Everybody's scrambling, running around
[01:32.820]Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
[01:36.130]Foreman wants to panic, bout to go insane
[01:39.480]Trying to get the workers out
[01:41.430]the way of the train
[01:43.080]Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
[01:46.300]Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on