| Where were you when the train left town
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| I was standing on the corner, my head hanging down
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| I be crying hey, train carried my girl away
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| I be crying hey, that train carried my girl away from town
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| Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
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| Show me the woman that I can trust
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| I be crying hey, train carried my girl away
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| I be crying hey, that train carried my girl away from town
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| I wish to the lord that train would wreck
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| Kill the engineer and break that fireman’s neck
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| I wish to the lord that train would turn around
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| Bring my girl back to this here town
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| I be crying hey, train carried my girl away
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| I be crying hey, that train carried my girl away from town
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| Smoke-cloud rising, heading for the west
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| There goes the baby that I love the best
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| Smoke-cloud falling down from the sky
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| Oh my girl won’t you tell me why
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| Train carried my girl away from town
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| Where were you when the train left town? |