Lyrics:

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