Tryin' to make a train at sunrise Gonna have to run a red light Tryin' to make a train at sunrise Gonna have to run a red light Travlin' with my Carolina You know, the girl kept me up all night And when my Carolina throw down You know the girl know how to fight Don't think we're gonna make it There's nothin' else that anyone could do I don't think we're gonna make it There's nothin' else than anyone could say I almost got the feelin' That Carolina like it that way Said, I'm waitin' on the trainman To hurry up and take my pain away Hear what I say All aboard All aboard Wait for me Wait for me Wait for me Trainman kept his promise I'm gonna try and go on back to bed Said the trainman kept his promise I'm gonna try and go on back to bed I can't sleep anyway Thinkin' about what my Carolina said And, oh, my Carolina Runnin' like a freight train through my head