Live 21 Jun 1985 version
Come on!
Well 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
Don't you feel like you're 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
I 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, up the stairs 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 sledge hammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train
Hey! Hey!
The above lyrics are for the live 21 Jun 1985 performance of DOWNBOUND TRAIN at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy, during the Born In The U.S.A. Tour.
List of available versions of DOWNBOUND TRAIN on this website:
DOWNBOUND TRAIN [Album version]