There?s a slow train coming

It?s movin? on down the line

Steel wheels on iron rails

Tonight I?m fixin? to die

Woo, I hope you don?t mind pretty mama

Woo-hoo, hope you don?t mind if I go



?Cause when the steam from the slow train rises

I ain?t gonna see you anymore



There?s a slow train coming

Coming right on time

Smokestacks and bottle lightning

This jumper on the line

Woo, I can?t do without it anymore pretty mama

Yes, I can?t do it without it anymore



?Cause when the steam from the slow train rises

I ain?t gonna see you anymore



There?s a slow train coming

To march us home from war

With my leather boots and my haversack

Sure can take it no more

Woo, I cried for her baby when I saw you there

Woo-hoo, I cried for her just the same



?Cause when the steam from the slow train rises

I?m gonna cry for you just the same



Well there?s a slow train coming

Carrying the mighty worker hordes

Eighteen days in the cotton field

Enough to put a man out of (?)

Woo, It?s time to move on pretty mama

Woo-hoo, Yes it?s time to move on as I go



As the steam from my slow train rises

It?s time for me to get on board