The Gone Dead Train

The Gone Dead Train-King Solomon Hill
King Solomon Hill, vocal and guitar in Vestapol tuning with a slide

INTRO

Lord, I'm goin' way down, Lord, I'm gonna try to leave here 'day
Tell me that's the mean old fireman, and that train is just that way

That gone dead train, I say that even broke my trunk
Boys, if you have been runnin' 'round in this world, these trains will wreck your mind (Spoken: Your lives, too!)

Lord, I once was a hobo, I crossed so many points
But I decided I'd go down for a fast life, and take it as it comes

INTERLUDE (Spoken: I reckon the mean old fireman, and the engineer would, too.)

There's so many people, have gone down today
And this fast train, North and Southern, certainly loud and clear

Ooo-ooo, "I want to ride your train."
I say, "Look here, engineer, can I ride your train?"
He said, "Look here, you oughta know this train ain't mine, and you're askin' me in vain."

Say, "If you go up to the Western Union, you might get a chance." (Spoken: I didn't know the Western Union run no trains.)
Say, "They go to the Western Union, you might get a chance.
You might to wire some of your peoples, and your fare will be sent right chere [sic]" (Spoken: I thought it, that's the way it was.)

I wanta go home and that train has done gone dead
I wanta go home, that train has done gone dead
I done lost my wife and my three little children, and my mother's sick in bed

Oooo, hooo, help me with my fare
'Cause I'm a travelin' man, boys, I can't stay here

CODA

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