John and Lucky saw me off
The whistle called the times
Just six days out to the coast
Just six days behind
But I've seen every state
since then
Where my boys have gone
Is known to God and
four strong winds
And I'm here all alone
Now
ten long years
have somehow passed
Since
I've seen my hometown
And times
I've spent upon those streets
And faint familiar sounds
Still whisper gently in my ear
And play upon my eyes
And I had hold this memories
Till one by one they die
But I still belong to everyone
And if my sleep allows
Then I'll be running
wild tonight
With all of my old pals
I can still hear
your passing trains
And wonder what they see
And somewhere out my window
Are the places that I might be
Now
I'm chasing down
those pretty boys
They wander through my mind
Oh Maybe
they'll remember me
When I work off my time
But I still belong to everyone
And if my sleep allows
Then all those boys will
dance tonight
With me and my old pals
But I'm running
every single night
And every single days
Lord
I've tried everything I know
To somehow find my way
Back to that one place in time
That fond memory endows
To me and my old pals