that big eight wheeler rolling down the track means your true loving daddy ain t coming back cause i m moving on i ll soon be gone you were flying too high for my little old sky so i m moving on that big loud whistle as it blew and blew said hello to the southland we re coming to you when we re moving on oh hear my song you had the laugh on me so i ve set you free and i m moving on mister fireman won t you please listen to me because i got a pretty mama in tennessee keep moving me on keep rolling on so shovel the coal let this rattler roll and keep moving me on mister engineer take that throttle in hand this rattler s the fastest in the southern land to keep moving me on keep rolling on you are going to ease my mind put me there on time and keep rolling on i ve told you baby from time to time but you just wouldn t listen or pay me no mind now i m moving on i m rolling on you ve broken your vow and it s all over now so i m moving on you ve switched your engine now i ain t got time for a trifling woman on my main line cause i m moving on you done your daddy wrong i warned you twice now you can settle the price because i m moving on but someday baby when you ve had your play you re going to want your daddy but your daddy will say keep moving on you stayed away too long i m through with you too bad you re blue keep movin on