Hear the whistle blow far off in the still night without stars see the tracks laid flat

With a hammer's might they're the spike driver's scars they're the spike driver's scars 



By the railroad ties there a hammer lies it's all painted in red it's all painted in red it's all painted in red 



The west springs up from the spike driver's blues

And the captain's new shiny shoes take to him this hat

And hammer and tell him i'm gone i'm gone i'm gone i'm gone i'm gone 



By the railroad ties there a hammer lies it's all painted in red it's all painted in red it's all painted in red