[Verse 1]
T's that time where I find I have run out of rope, I drank all my money away
I lost my fair lady and I've given up all hope, she'll no more be looking my way
So call me the west end of an east-facing mule, call me my father's disgrace
For I know I'm a sinner and I know I'm a fool for the lies that I tell and the songs that I play
[Chorus 1]
I smoked my last cigarette down by the tracks where everyone leaves here for good
They get on the train and they never come back, and I'd leave here too if I could
[Verse 2]
So I sat at the station the rest of the day watching the faces go by
There was no sign of mercy, regret, or dismay, there was nary a tear in their eye
So when I die lay me down near old Gerry and Tom in a box of fine-finished white pine
And carve upon my headstone "we know where he was from, but what the hell he was doing is your guess or mine"
[Chorus 2]
I smoked my last cigarette down by the tracks where everyone leaves here for good
They get on the train and they never come back, and I'd leave here too if I could
I'd leave here too if I could