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