[Intro]
All aboard this train
Headed for points northwest
Can almost hear the whistle boys
There she is comin' around that old curve now
That old black smoke comin'
And let's get in this here empty gondola here
You don't mess with me boy
Look out Amarillo

[Verse 1]
A lonely spot I know where no man will go
Where the shadows have all the room
I was riding free on that old S-P
Humming a southern tune
When a man came along made me hush my song
Kicked me off away out there

[Verse 2]
As she pulled out of sight I turned to the right
The left and everywhere
All I could see was a cactus tree
A prairie dog playing there
I watched the prairie dog eat on the tumbleweed
That's his home away out there
[Chorus]
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee

[Verse 3]
Then I threw down my load in the desert road
Rested my weary legs too
Watched the sinking sun make the tall shadows run
Across that barren plain
Then I hummed a tune to the rising moon
He gets lonesome way out there

[Verse 4]
Then I closed my eyes to the starlit skies
Lost myself in dreams
I dreamed the desert sand was a milk-and-honey land
Then I awoke with the dawn
There's a train coming back on the one-way track
Going to take me away from here

[Chorus]
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee