| Look a-yonder coming, coming down that railroad track.
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| I said, Look a-yonder coming
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| Coming down that long railroad track
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| Well, it’s that long black train
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| Gonna bring my baby back.
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| Well, she loved me in the winter
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| Lord, I almost froze to death
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| She didn’t even warm me She’s a fact of frozen lips.
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| My baby hit the road a-running
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| Looking for that long black train
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| (That long black train)
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| Lord, and I began to wonder
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| Will I see that girl again
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| (If I see my girl again).
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| Well, I don’t know why she left me But I do know that she’s gone
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| But look a-yonder coming Lord
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| My baby’s coming home.
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| I said, now look a-yonder coming
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| Coming down that long railroad track
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| (That long railroad track)
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| Well, it’s that long black train
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| Gonna bring my baby back
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| (Gonna bring my baby back).
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| --- Instrumental ---
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| Well, ain’t asking her no questions
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| 'Cause I don’t care where she’s been
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| And when I get that woman back
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| She’ll never leave again.
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| I said, now look a-yonder coming
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| Coming down that long railroad track
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| (That long railroad track)
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| Well, it’s that long black train
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| Gonna bring my baby back
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| (Gonna bring my baby back).
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| Well, I can see her black smoke rollin'
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| I can hear her whistle whine
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| She’s just around the curve
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| She’s moving fast that line on down.
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| I said, now look a-yonder coming
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| Coming down that long railroad track
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| (That long railroad track)
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| Yes, it’s that long black train
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| Gonna bring my baby back
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| (Gonna bring my baby back)
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| (Gonna bring my baby back)
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| (That long black train, Lord)
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| (That long black train, Lord)
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| (That long black train, Lord)
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| (That long black train, Lord)… |