one day the train was passin a coalin crawlin by to look this old world over under god blue sky my darling stood there weeping as i was looking back i kissed my baby cryin in the smoke along the track goodbye so long until i come back home you ll be my dream goodbye so long there s lots of places that i ve never seen i ll always be a drifter but i ll be driftin back to where i left you cryin in the smoke along the track i like to keep on goin it helps me when i m blue i get the urge to travel that s all i want to do i know i just can t settle down because i like to roam and when i hear that whistle blow i ve gotta move along goodbye so long there s something down the track keeps calling me goodbye so long i guess that s just the way i ll always be so when i get that feeling don t try to hold me back i ll only leave you cryin in the smoke along the track i know my baby loves me i love my baby too but he don t understand me when i m feeling blue and when i hear that whistle blow i hurry home and pack and leave my baby cryin in the smoke along the track goodbye so long i hate to leave you but i ve gotta go goodbye so long it s coming now just heard the whistle blow it ll be here in a man that you wave and all look back i m gonna leave you cryin in the smoke along the track goodbye so long until i come back home you ll be my dream goodbye so long there s lots of places that i ve never seen i ll always be a drifter but i ll be driftin back to where i left you cryin in the smoke along the track oh i left you cryin in the smoke along the track 