Spike Driver Blues

She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen
 She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen
 Said, she'd ride and ride "till the blues wear offa me"
 It's two bullyin' freight trains runnin' side by side
 It's two bullyin' freight trains runnin' side by side
 They done stole my rider and I guess they's satisfied
 They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by
 They rode in the Delta, kept on easin' by
 Know I feel just like she said her last goodbye
 Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone
 Friend, she won't write, she won't telephone
 Makes me believe to my soul rider calls that "gone"1
 But if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove
 Friend, if I had wings, friend, like Noah's dove
 I would raise and fly, God knows, where my lover was
 I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all
 I laid down at night, I can't sleep at all
 Awful lyin' there wondering if someone rollin' in her arms
 Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high
 Laid my head on my pillow, friends, it be's too high
 Taken down with, I'm gettin' sick and 'bout to die