I must have been born the restless kind
Left my home by the age of nine
I went out back by the railroad track
I let that Blue River Train take me down the track
I had nothin' but time and the world was mine
That train kept rollin' from town to town
Draggin' my roots I could not put em down
I lived like a king, I lived in jail
But I just kept hearing that whistle wail
And that Blue River Train would ease my pain
And I'd be gone again
BRIDGE
My heart beats a rhythm to the clickety clack
As that train goes rollin' on down the track
She rolls north, south, east and west
That Blue River Train won't let me rest
Until my time is over
And there's just one more rail to ride
I'll let that Blue River Train carry me home again
Thirteen tons of Number Nine coal
Fire in the belly so the train can roll
I keep my eyes to the rails ahead
I don't look back because the past is dead
And that Blue River Train would ease my pain
And I'd be gone again
REPEAT BRIDGE