oh listen to the train coming down the line trying to make up all of her lost time from buffalo to washington i m gonna wash my jumper starch my overalls catch a train they call a cannonball from buffalo to washington my baby left me he even took my shoes enough to give a gal the shotgun worried blues he s a gun just solid gone i m going up north i m going up this far if love don t change i won t be back at all my honey babe my brown eyed bear oh listen to the train coming down the track carry me away but it ain t gonna carry me back my honey babe i m leaving you