mama got a voice like sugar it s so sweet and fine sister singing amazing grace she right in time and they re laying poor papa low in the ground that he worked and sowed now they waitin at the jackson station for the train to roll she been up all night she got crows walking round her eyes but she can still raise a cup in a toast to a well run dry he left her on a tuesday still with gin whiskey and a bottle of pills and now she s waitin at the jackson station looking over the hill take me away hear that whistle play a sad sad song lay me down where the river runs wide and strong sometimes she rides a ticket home other times she ll leave you all alone just a waitin at the jackson station for the train to go well the 4 19 rolls on the red ball line and the backwater shack s been waking to the 419 said she got the smoke coming out of the stack dead running on a 10 mile track just waitin at the jackson station never coming back she waitin at the jackson station never coming back she waitin at the jackson station never coming back say ain t never coming back