In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama
Workin' on a revolver with a steel-drivin' hammer
Gotta get some money, buy some brand-new shoes
Try to find somebody to take away these blues
She don't love me, hear I'm singin' in the sun
Hey, day's comin' when my work is all done
Well, up in that evening when the sun is sinkin' low
All day I've been waitin' for the whistle to blow
Sittin' in a TV mill to ride on the tracks
Rollin' them bones till the former comes back
It could be as long as we're scatterin' about
We got an all-scheduled train comin' two miles out
Let it roll, let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll
It could be as long as we're scatterin' about
We got an all-scheduled train comin' two miles out
Well, everybody's scrammin' and they're jumpin' around
Piggin' up the money, turnin' the TV down
Almost a panic, about to go insane
Tryin' to get the workers out the way of the train
Engineer blowin' the whistle long and long
Ain't stoppin' the train, you gotta let it roll on
Let it roll, let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll
Engineer blowin' the whistle long and long
Ain't stoppin' the train, you gotta let it roll on