[Verse 1]
Traveling down this lonesome railroad Silver Ribbons with no ends
A million miles a crossties mark a million miles I've been
I've picked peaches down in Georgia apples up in Maine
Pulled cotton out in Texas riding on the train
I was just a lad of seventeen my daddy turned me loose
Silver Ribbons calling me engine and caboose
I can't recall my mother she left when I was two
Brunets blondes and red heads were the only love I knew

[Chorus]
Don't ask me where I'm going don't ask me where I've been
Those Silver Ribbons will take me there there and back again
One more time back again

[Verse 2]
Traveling to the tune of freight wheels is such a lonely sound
Hear that lonesome whistle blow as leaving another town
I wish someone was waiting somewhere to welcome me
Then those Silver Ribbons would see no more of me
Don't ask me where I'm going...

[Chorus]