My Love Affair With Trains - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

Everytime I hear the sound of a train a comin' down that railroad track

I get that faraway look in my eyes

And I’d like to throw my hammer down and take off to some distand town

And not even take the time to say goodbye.

I’ve got to think about my babies about my job and my old lady

And how much she’d miss me if I’s gone

And I love them more than anything but I got this feeling near by trains

And some other wish I’s on that train and gone.

That train keeps a rolling down the track

Bringing my old mem’ries back

Making hobo blood ball in my veins

Reviving my old love affair with trains.

The nights ain’t never long enough my wife keeps sayin' you get up

For you’ll be late to work and miss your ride

I grab my dinner bucket up and jump on the back of your pickup truck

And I wonder if I’ll jump that train tonight.

And it wasn’t long ago that I was free to jump that train and ride

But I gave it up to be a family man

And I don’t suppose I’ll ever go but when I hear that whistle blow

I think of my old love affair again.

That train keeps a rolling down the track

Bringing my old mem’ries back

Making hobo blood ball in my veins

Reviving my old love affair with trains.

That train keeps a rolling down the track

Bringing my old mem’ries back

Making hobo blood ball in my veins

Reviving my old love affair with trains…