Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - With a Memory Like Mine lyrics

I can see that train a comin' Watch that big light shine this way Hear that whistle softly blowin' Lord it's been an awful day I watched him leave that Friday mornin' It was in the month of May I told my son to be a good soldier But return again some day He was returned just one year later But I'll not forget that day A baggage car is where he traveled In a casket where he laid Train man keep your whistle blowin' Make it moan and make it whine You make a man feel mighty lonesome With a memory like mine In that little country graveyard On a dark and dreary day They placed a flag upon the casket And the casket in the grave I couldn't stand it any longer And I knew not how to pray I cried "Oh Lord how I hate to leave him all alone beneath that clay" Train man keep your whistle blowin' Make it moan and make it whine You make a man feel mighty lonesome With a memory like mine Just like mine I can see him as a baby I can hear him call my name I can feel him under fire And see him rising from the flames Lord if I could I'd trade places I would gladly give my all I'd wrap that flag around me like a blanket And listen for the clods to fall Train man keep your whistle blowin' Make it moan and make it whine You make a man feel mighty lonesome With a memory like mine Train man keep your whistle blowin' Make it moan and make it whine You make a man feel mighty lonesome With a memory like mine