[Verse 1]
Where's the barley, where's the grain?
Where are the mountains and the plains?
What is the meaning of my name?
And why does my heart beat like a train?
[Verse 2]
Where's Ralph Stanley, where is Bill Monroe
When you're fillin' up at the Get 'n Go?
You can barely hear Springsteen on the radio
Driving through the birthplace of rock 'n roll
Why does my heart beat like a train?
Why does my heart beat like a train?
[Verse 3]
See, me and my friend Lee, we can't explain
Why there'll never be enough songs about c**aine
And I wish that you coulda seen the look on his face
When I told him about the woman
Who keeps my heart beating like a train
[Refrain]
But why does my heart
Why does my heart
Why does my heart
Oh honey, why does my heart
Why does my heart beat like a train?
[Verse 4]
And you know that I've grown tired of those same old refrains
These new millennium campfires ain't the same
And the simplest phrases, how they wrack my brain
But honey my heart still beats just like a train...
[Refrain]
Why does my heart beat like a train?
Why does my heart beat like a train?