Downbound Train

I had a job, I had a girl
 Had something going, mister, in this world
 I got laid off down at the yard
 Our love went bad, times got hard
 Now I work down at the car wash
 Where all it ever does is rain
 Don't you feel like you're a rider
 On a downbound train?
 She just said, "Joe, I gotta go
 We had it once, we ain't got it anymore"
 She packed her bags, left me behind
 She bought a ticket on the Central Line
 Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
 I feel her kiss in the misty rain
 And I feel like I'm a rider
 On a downbound train
 Last night, I heard your voice
 You were cry-crying, oh so alone
 Said your love had never died
 You were waiting for me at home
 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, I burst through the front door
 Head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
 The room was dark, our bed was empty, then I heard that long whistle whine
 And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried
 Now I swing a sledgehammer
 Working in the pouring rain
 Now don't it feel like you're a rider
 On a downbound train?