[00:05.06]When I was a boy
[00:08.01]in the days of the train
[00:10.83]I'd sit by the tracks
[00:14.36]on a long summer day
[00:17.78]And I'd wave to the brakeman
[00:21.51]And he'd wave back at me
[00:24.12]While the thunderclouds rolled
[00:28.10]out of East Tennessee
[00:30.86]But the dreams of a boy
[00:34.70]disappear when you're grown
[00:37.92]And though I may dream
[00:41.48]the railroads are gone
[00:44.79]The ties they are rotten
[00:48.33]and the tracks shot to hell
[00:51.50]Along with my dreams
[00:56.22]and the old railroad bell
[00:58.26]In my dreams I ride
[01:01.64]the rails to California
[01:04.52]Workin' diners and farms along the way
[01:11.57]Or I'd hop to ride to
[01:16.00]hide across the border
[01:18.23]With a black eyed girl
[01:22.79]beside me all the way
[01:25.02]Now the mountains are silent
[01:29.93]and the railroads are gone
[01:32.47]And the coal towns no longer
[01:35.78]hear the miners at dawn
[01:39.44]But the train whistle shrills
[01:44.06]out her memories to me
[01:45.47]While the thunderclouds rolled
[01:49.77]out of East Tennessee
[01:52.34]In my dreams I ride the
[01:56.08]rails to California
[01:59.13]Workin' diners and farms
[02:03.89]along the way
[02:05.56]Or I'd hop a ride to
[02:10.11]hide across the border
[02:12.41]With a black eyed girl
[02:16.48]beside me all the way
[02:19.02]Now the mountains are silent
[02:23.59]and the railroads are gone
[02:26.65]And the coal towns no longer
[02:30.43]hear the miners at dawn
[02:34.42]But the train whistle shrills
[02:37.58]out her memories to me
[02:41.11]While the thunderclouds roll
[02:44.17]out of East Tennessee
[02:50.67]