Railroad tracks, railroad tracks
She lives down by the railroad tracks
In a little old house, it was a shotgun shack
On the river-bend down by the railroad tracks
Down that line, down that line
We fell in love walking down that line
That's where she said she would always be mine
When we fell in love walking down that line
Long black train, long black train
Rolled by that shack each and every day
I never thought it would cause such pain
Till the day that train took my gal away
A better, a better life
She said she left me for a better life
Couldn't have that being my wife
So she rode that train to a better life
Railroad tracks, railroad tracks
Bury me down by them railroad tracks
In a hole that's deep, in a hole that's black
So I can hear that rain bring my baby back