[Verse 1]
I never did have that fast train to take me
Down the line
Or smelled the smoke from a hot coal as
The engine fired
If I could ask that engineer for one more
Mile and then I'll go
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow

[Verse 2]
Take me back to the railroad track and the
Sounds inside my mind
Where rusty wheels and steel rails still
Whine
Where I can hop that 909 and go back in
Time some time ago
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow

[Verse 3]
Park my horse and buggy by some old lazy
Creek
Take my car to the graveyard and dig a hole
Real deep
We'll holler "rest in peace" and weep, lay
Track on every street
Let the whistle wail and give the rail my soul to keep
[Outro]
Mr. Engineer just one more mile and then I'll
Go
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow
Let the whistle wail and take it in slow