MY LAST RIDE

[TRAIN WHISTLE] - INTRO] I'M BURNIN' 2 TONS OF COAL BUT I'M RUNNING OUT OF STEAM BEEN WORKING HIS OLD RAILROAD SINCE I WAS JUST 13 GOT THE THROTTLE OPEN WIDE BUT THERE'S A DEADHEAD BY AND BY SO I'M SITTING HERE THINKING MAYBE IT'S MY LAST RIDE [INSTRUMENTAL JAM] YOU KNOW I NEVER DO SLOW DOWN I GOT A GAL IN EVERY TOWN AND WHEN I BLOW MY WHISTLE THEY ALL COME RUNNIN' ROUND BUT MY FIRST LOVE IS THIS TRAIN SHE NEVER CAUSED ME ANY PAIN SHE NEVER BROKE MY HEART LEFT ME STANDIN' IN THE RAIN [INSTRUMENTAL VERSE] I'VE GOTTA' RIDE (GOTTA' RIDE) I'VE GOTTA' ROLL (GOTTA' ROLL) ON DOWN THE TRACKS (ON DOWN THE TRACKS) TO SAVE MY SOUL (TO SAVE MY SOUL) [EXTEND] [Verse] All the hobos know my name They ride the boxcar when it rains Them boys be drinking and singing And ah' feeling no pain, no pain But in the cold hard light of day We all walk in our own way And with a fare thee well Them hobos drift away [instrumental break] I got a pocket watch of gold for the 40 years I sold But I'm so damn broke I feel like I've been rolled but that don't bother me you know i'd work this job for free I'm gonna' drive this train from sea to shining sea [instrumental break] [verse] now my hair is turnin' gray all those years just rolled away but I've got a job to do and bills to pay, pay, and pay but that old brakeman in the sky he's gonna' stop me by and by I'm gonna' drive this train until the day that I die I'm gonna' drive this train until the day that I die [instrumental outro]