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