Today the train pulled out of here that stops in my hometown And the one I love is waiting for won't be there to step down Right now they're braidin' rope to hang a man who's not to blame Back home my love is waitin' she thinks I'm on that train
She'll be there if the sun is shinin' she'll be there if it's pourin' rain She'll be there with little Jimmy a little man with my last name But the angry town denied the cry of a stranger's alibi She's just waitin' for the shattered dream she thinks I'm on that train
My cries out for all the unsaid things I'd like to say The things I should have done will all be left undone today I never knew until today that time's a precious thing Back home my love is waitin' she thinks I'm on that train She'll be there if the sun is shinin'... She'll be there if the sun is shinin'...