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