When My Work Is Done

One day you'll be gone
 I know that time will come
 Some day I'll follow you
 When my work is done
 If I was not your little boy
 Rolling like a train
 Still I'd ride the rails for you
 To hell and back again
 Heartache's a lonely path
 That pulls you 'round the bend
 And you find the ones who love you
 When you reach the story's end
 One day you'll be gone
 I know that time will come
 Some day I'll follow you
 When my work is done
 Hardships and broken dreams
 Is all you've ever known
 Trying to make a better life
 And call this house a home
 High winds and broken clouds
 The angels must have cried
 When they saw you gaze at me
 With the loving in your eyes
 One day you'll be gone
 I know that time will come
 Some day I'll follow you
 When my work is done
 That chip upon my shoulder
 Is a long and sorry tale
 Hold a hammer tight enough
 The world looks like a nail
 I'm rollin'down the tracks
 I'm the little red caboose
 I'm chasing all my demons down
 So I can sing the blues
 One day you'll be gone
 I know that time will come
 Some day I'll follow you
 When my work is done