I'm walking down the track
Got the sun behind my back
Why do the hours pass so slo-o-ow?
What if I had my way
See my girl on Saturday
But I'm too many miles from my home
How I hate to spend these summer days alone

Well I Harriet(?) to see my little darling
Though never never again
When they found me riding on the freight car
Well they put me off of that train

At the first of every day
I start out another way
With not a soul to care how far I roam
Well it's always the same
No money knows my name
And I haven't got a place to call my own
How I hate to spend these summer days alone

Well I wanna go back to my loved one
I wanna go home to stay
How I miss her in the morning and the evening
Oh I miss her on the late of the long day (?)
So I'm walking down the track
Got the sun behind my back
Why do the hours pass so slo-o-ow?
What if I had my way
See my girl on Saturday
But I'm too many miles from my home
How I hate to spend these summer days alone
Tell me why did I decide to leave my home