I had a job I had a girl I had something going mister in this world I got laid off down at the lumber yard Our love went bad times got hard Now I work down at the carwash Where all it ever does is rain Don’t you feel like you’re a rider on a downbound train         She just said "Joe I gotta go We had it once we ain’t got it any more" She packed her bags left me behind She bought a ticket on the Central Line Nights as I sleep I hear that whistle whining   I feel her kiss in the misty rain And I feel like I’m a rider on a downbound train                Last night I heard your voice You were crying crying you were so alone You said your love had never died You were waiting for me at home Put on my jacket I ran through the woods I ran till I thought my chest would explode There in the clearing beyond the highway In the moonlight our wedding house shone I rushed through the yard I burst through the front door My head pounding hard upstairs I climbed The room was dark our bed was empty Then I heard that long whistle whine And I dropped to my knees hung my head and cried Now I swing a  hammer on a road gang Knocking down them cross ties working in the rain Now don’t it feel like you’re a rider on a downbound train                               .......