Golden Rocket

From old Montana down to Alabam'

I've been before and I'll travel again

You triflin' women can't keep a good man down

You dealt the cards but you missed a play

So hit the road and be on your way

Gonna board the Golden Rocket and leave this town

I was a good engine a runnin' on time

But baby I'm switchin' to another line

So honey never hang your signal out for me

I'm tired of runnin' on the same old track

Bought a one way ticket and I won't be back

This Golden Rocket's gonna roll my blues away

Break (guitar)

Hear that lonesome whistle blow

That's your cue and by now you know

That I got another true love waitin' in Tennessee

That midnight special is burnin' the rail

So woman don't try to follow my tail

This Golden Rocket's gonna roll my blues away

Hear her thunder run through the night

That Golden Rocket is doin' me right

And that sunny old southland sure is a part of me

Now from your call board erase my name

Your fire went out you done lost your flame

And this Golden Rocket is rollin' my blues away

Break (fiddle)

That old conductor he seemed to know

You done me wrong I was feelin' low

For he yelled aloud we're over that Dixon Line

The brakeman started singin' a song

Said you're worried now but it won't be long

This Golden Rocket is leavin' your blues behind

Break (guitar)

Then the porter yelled with his southern drawl

Let's rise and shine good mornin' y'all

And I sprang to my feet to greet the new born day

When I kissed my baby at the station door

The whistle blew like it never before

On the Golden Rocket that rolled my blues away