Darlin' - now I'm miles away from where I long to be

Now there's too much distance keeping you from me

I lie awake most every night to the locomotive's wail

And my heart heads back down the waiting track

To ride that lonesome rail

 

I see your face before me whenever I'm alone

I hear your voice implore me: "Don't leave me on my own"

It hurts too much to realise I was the one to fail

And I'll be right back down the waiting track

To ride that lonesome rail

 

Every time I think on you and all the things you are

I wish this lonely bed of mine was a rocking railroad car

They could pack me up and post me - I'd be your express male

And roll right back down the waiting track

To ride that lonesome rail

 

I see your face before me whenever I'm alone

I hear your voice implore me: "Don't leave me on my own"

It hurts too much to realise I was the one to fail

And I'll be right back down the waiting track

To ride that lonesome rail.

(My thanks to Pete Dymond of Diamond Studios, Bristol, who is heard on this version)

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