1, 2, 3, 4 And that train keeps a-movin' all down the sand When I was just a baby, my mama taught me somethin' Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die When I lay down to sleep, I hang my head in the grass When I lay down to sleep, I hang my head in the grass When I lay down to sleep, I hang my head in the grass When I lay down to sleep, I hang my head in the grass I bet there's a baseball seat in a fancy downy car I'd rather drink a coffee than smoke a big cigar I know I had it coming, yeah I know I can't be free But those people keep a-movin' and that's what tortures me They treat me rough, it's a prison, that railroad train was mine And I won't go no longer alone, down the line I thought I forced the prison, but it's where I want to stay And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away And I let that lonely whistle blow my blues away, blow it away