I'm walking down the track
 Got the sun behind my back
 Why do the hours pass so slo-o-ow?
 What if I had my way
 See my girl on Saturday
 But I'm too many miles from my home
 How I hate to spend these summer days alone
 
 Well I hurryin' to see my little darling
 Though never never again
 When they found me riding on the freight car
 Well they put me off of that train
 
 At the first of every day
 I start out another way
 With not a soul to care how far I roam
 Well it's always the same
 No money knows my name
 And I haven't got a place to call my own
 How I hate to spend these summer days alone
 
 Well I wanna go back to my loved one
 I wanna go home to stay
 How I miss her in the morning and the evening
 Oh I miss her on the late of the long day 
 
 So I'm walking down the track
 Got the sun behind my back
 Why do the hours pass so slo-o-ow?
 What if I had my way
 See my girl on Saturday
 But I'm too many miles from my home
 How I hate to spend these summer days alone
 Tell me why did I decide to leave my home