down the road a ways i ve heard say a new day s comin on where the woman folks are friendly and the law leaves you alone i ll believe it when i see it andi haven t seen it yet don t mind me just keep on talkin i am just looking for my hat ain t no god in mexico ain t no way to understand how that border crossing feeling makes a fool out of a man if i d never seen the sunshine hell i would not curse the rain if my feet would fit a railroad track i guess i d a been a train me and louise higginbotham use to chase across the yard back in 1947 that s when more than times was hard pity me i didn t find the line in time and like a fool in front of god and everybody i politely blew my cool ain t no god in mexico ain t no comfort in the can when you re down in matamoros gettin busted by the man if i d not seen the sunshine hell i would not curse the rain if my feet would fit a railroad track i guess i d a been a train