(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