well the man s name is sunshine and he come up from the town said he bring a proposition for a man when he s down gonna buy me an aeroplane gonna teach me how to fly gonna take me to america gonna make mama cry and when i hear that lonesome train whistle blow then i know it s time for me to go i been round this cold hard town too long there s so many roads a man could go roads that glisten in the night like diamonds oh how i long to be living the mystery living the mystery well the phone keep on ringin but the man s never home ain t nobody at this address will you people move along well i m a sure fire addict for a world up in the stars turn a new sod over c est la vie au revoir and when i hear that lonesome train whistle blow then i know it s time for me to go i been round this cold hard town too long there s so many roads a man could go roads that echo in the night i hear them calling to you and me to keep on living the mystery living the mystery well i m a sure fire addict for a world up in the stars turn a new sod over c est la vie au revoir c est la vie au revoir living the mystery