In the heat of the day down in Mobile Alabama Working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer Got to get some money buy some brand new shoes Try to find somebody take away these blues She don't love me here I'm singing in the sun Payday's comin' when my work is all done
Well up in the evening when the sun is sinking low All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow Sittin' in the teepee built right on the tracks Rollin' them bones til the foreman comes back Pick up your belongings boys scatter about We got an off-scheduled train comin' two miles out
Let it roll Let it roll Let it roll Let it roll Pick up your belongings boys scatter about We got an off-scheduled train comin' two miles out
Well everybody's scramblin' and a jumpin' around Picking up the money tearing the teepee down Foreman wants to panic 'bout to go insane Tryin' to get the workers out the way of the train The engineer blowin' the whistle long and long Can't stop a train ya got to let it roll on
Let it roll Let it roll Let it roll Let it roll The engineer blowin' the whistle long and long Can't stop a train ya got to let it roll on