[Verse 1]
Up in the evening down in Mobile, Alabama
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer
Tryna make some money to buy some brand new shoes
Tryna find somebody to take away these blues
"She don't love me" hear 'em singing in the sun
Payday's coming and my work is all done

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Everybody's scrambling and running around
Spreading out all their money by the railroad track
Playing in a tee pee built right on the track
Rolling them bones 'til the foreman come back
Pick up you belongings, boys, and scatter about
We've got an off-schedule train comin' two milеs out

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Everybody's scrambling and running around
Picking up their money, tеaring the tee pee down
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
Can't stop the train, we gotta let it roll on
[Instrumental Outro]