the train that i ride is twenty one coaches long the train that i ride is twenty one coaches long the train that i ride is twenty one coaches long my love is on that train and gone it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song i m worried now but i won t be worried long i went across the river and i lay down to sleep i went across the river and i lay down to sleep i went across the river and i lay down to sleep i woke up and i had shackles on my feet twenty nine links of chain around my leg twenty nine links of chain around my leg twenty nine links of chain around my leg and on each link an initial of my name it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song i m worried now but i won t be worried long i asked the judge what s gonna be my fine i asked the judge what s gonna be my fine i said oh judge what s gonna be my fine he said twenty one years on the rocky mountain line twenty one years to pay for my awful crime twenty one years to pay for my awful crime twenty one years to pay for my awful crime twenty one years but i still got ninety nine it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song i m worried now but i won t be worried long the train pulled out sixteen coaches long the train pulled out sixteen coaches long the train pulled out sixteen coaches long the one i love she s on that train and gone i looked down the track as far as i could see i looked down the track as far as i could see i looked down the track as far as i could see a little bitty hand was a wavin back at me it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song i m worried now but i won t be worried long if anyone asks you who composed this song if anyone asks you who composed this song if anyone asks you who composed this song tell him it was i and i sing it all day long oh it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song it takes a worried man to sing a worried song i m worried now but i won t be worried long