Well, I'm walking down this track I've got tears in my eyes Tryin' to read a letter from my home! If this train runs me right Lord, I'll be home tomorrow night 'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home – An'I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow! (Whistle blow!) Now, this train I ride on Is a hundred coaches long You can hear the whistle blow ten thousand miles! If this train runs me right Lord, I'll be home tomorrow night 'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home – An'I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow! (Whistle blow!) Well, now I'll pawn you my watch And I'll pawn you my chain I pawn you my gold diamond ring! If this train runs me right Lord, I'll be home tomorrow night 'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home – An'I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow! (Whistle blow!) Now, if my woman tells me so I gonna railroad no more I'll sidetrack the train and go home! If this train runs me right Lord, I'll be home tomorrow night 'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home – An'I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow!