[1] Blue [4] railroad [1] train goin' down the railroad track [4] [1]
It [4] makes me feel so doggone blue to listen to that old smoke-[1]-stack

Drivers a-rollin' on, leavin' me here behind
Give me back them good old days and let me ramble down the line

Blue railroad train leavin' me here alone
You're treatin' me good, you're treatin' me bad, you're makin' me think of home

I hear that lonesome train, they love to hear the whistle blow
She's takin' the sun and beatin' the rain and makin' me wanna go

Blue railroad train blue railroad train blue railroad train

I've got the blues longin' for some company
It's many miles from where I am to the only one for me

I'm so lonesome here waitin' for the manifest
I hope that engineer is kind enough to let me be his guest

Blue railroad train, a good old pal to me
Takes me everywhere I wanna go get my transportation free

Blue railroad train blue railroad train blue railroad train