Gather round a corner, half a mile from here See those long trains runnin and watch them disappear Without love, where would you be (right) now Without love Know I saw Mrs. Lucy down along the tracks She lost her home and her family and she won't be comin'back Refrain Got the Illinois Central and the Southern Central Freight Got to keep on pushin'mama, you know they're runnin'late Refrain Got the Illinois Central and the Southern Central Freight Got to keep on pushin'mama, you know they're runnin'late Refrain Well pistons keep on turnin and wheels go round and round And steel rail black cold and hard and the miles as they go down Refrain Oh, where would you be now ?