[Verse 1]
I am walkin' down the track
And I've got tears in my eyes
I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home

[Chorus]
If that train runs right, Lord
I'll be home tomorrow night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow

[Verse 2]
That train that I ride on
It's a hundred coaches long
You can hear that whistle blow a hundred miles

[Chorus]
If that train runs right, Lord
I'll be home tomorrow night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow

[Verse 3]
I'd pawn you my watch
I would pawn you my chain
I'll pawn you my gold diamond ring
[Chorus]
If that train runs right, Lord
I'll be home tomorrow night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow

[Verse 4]
If my woman says so
I will railroad no more
I'll sidetrack that train and go home

[Chorus]
If that train runs right, Lord
I'll be home tomorrow night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow

[Outro]
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow
And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow-oh-oh-oh