text: I had a job, I had a girl
  I had something going in this world
  I got laid off at the lumber yard
  Our love went bad, times got hard
  Now I work down at the car wash
  Where all it ever does is rain
  Dont it feel like youre a rider
  On a downbound train?
  She just said, Joe, I gotta go
  We had it once, we aint got it no more
  She packed her bags, and she left me behind
  She got a ticket on the Central Line
  Nights as I sleep, I hear the whistle whining
  I feel her kisses in the misty rain
  And I feel like Im a rider
  On a downbound train
  Last night, I heard your voice
  You were crying, crying, you were so alone
  You said your love had never died
  You were waiting for me at home
  I put on my jacket, ran through the woods
  Ran til I thought my chest would explode
  There in the clearing, beyond the highway
  In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
  I rushed through the yard, burst through the front door
  My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
  The room was dark, our bed was empty, then I heard the long whistle whine
  Then I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried
  Now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang
  Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
  Dont it feel like youre a rider
  On a downbound train?