that sad old train sleeping on an old rusty track she was from another time gone with the wind like the smoke from that ole stack she brought smiles and waving hands as she whistled by a sleepy town it was once the way to go just a shiny nickel and you were homeward bound chorus i ve seen better days like that sad old train on an old abandoned track when you were holding me i knew someday you d leave like that old train you won t be coming back she gently rumbled in the sunshine as she carried home the mail her letters keeping lovers waiting friendly little boys placing pennies on her rails i can relate to that old train since you left me all alone again no one ever comes around once upon time we were riding on the wind chorus i ve seen better days like that old sad train on an old forgotten track when you were holding me i knew someday you d leave like that old train you won t be coming back like that old train never coming back