Smoke Along The Track - Lyrics by Emmylou Harris


Lyrics

(alan rose)

One day the train was passin'
I caught it comin' by
To look this old world over under god's blue sky
My darlin' stood there weepin' as i was looking back
I kissed my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track

Goodbye so long until i come back home
You'll be my dream
Goodbye so long, there's lots of places that i've never seen
I'll always be a drifter but i'll be driftin' back
To where i left you cryin' in the smoke along the track

I like to keep on goin' it helps me when i'm blue
I get the urge to travel that's all i want to do
I just can't settle down because i like to roam
And when i hear that whistle blow i've gotta move along

Goodbye so long there's something down the track keeps callin' me
Goodbye so long i guess that's just the way i'll always be
So when i get that feelin' don't try to hold me back
I'd only leave you crying in that smoke along the track

I know my baby loves me i love my baby too
But he don't understand me when i'm feelin' blue
And when i hear that whistle blow, i hurry home and pack
And leave my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track.

Goodbye, so long, i hate to leave you, but i've got to go
Goodbye, so long, it's coming down just hear that whistle blow
It'll be here in a minute, you'll wave and i'll look back
I'm gonna leave you cryin' in the smoke along the track.

Goodbye so long until i come back home
You'll be my dream
Goodbye so long, there's lots of places that i've never seen
I'll always be a drifter but i'll be driftin' back
To where i left you cryin' in the smoke along the track
To where i left you cryin' in the smoke along the track


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