Lyric Down In The Track

Tom Johnston

I been workin the whole day long
On these railroad ties singin a sad, sad song
Down the track is a bad way to live
The boss man s whip is all he s got to give
And late at night in the twilight of the South
They put you in a cell and let the bulldogs out
The old cat down the way
Well he s singin out the blues
Cause he s got no one back home
Oh, somebody sighed

Next day comes they send you back out on the track
All that sweat be drippin down off your back
Everybody s singin a workin man s song
Hopin they don t have to feel the whip on their bone
The water boy slowly works his way around
A bucket full of swamp water weighin him down
Old Squezer Walker just fell out on the ground
And they re draggin his body away
Oh, my, my, my Well, there s talk around camp
That there s gonna be a fight
Old Razor Face and Willie Black
The meanest dudes in sight
One s got a razor and the other s got a knife
But only one s gonna walk out alive

Oh, baby, mama, get me out of here
Can t stand no more
This place is gonna be the death of me
Believe to my soul that I gotta be free
There s only one way that it s every gonna be
That s when the angels come and take me away
Well, now

Oh, baby, mama, get me out of here
Can t stand no more
This place is gonna be the death of me
Believe to my soul that I gotta be free
There s only one way that it s every gonna be
That s when the angels come and take me away
Well, now