My daddy told me when I was just a kid, Son, do like I tell you, don't do like I did. I know you'll never listen but I'll give it to you straight. You'll never know what hit you till it's way too late.
I know it calls to you so sweetly, But, oh, it'll mess you up completely. Cry if you want to but you'll cry in vain. You'll never get to heaven on a hell bound train. Never get to heaven on a hell bound train.
I met a girl in Memphis. We were both just twenty-one. We hit the road together, looking for some fun. Aces in Atlanta won me a forty-four. I got drunk in Florida and tried to rob a liquor store.
I know it calls to you so sweetly, But, oh, it'll mess you up completely. Cry if you want to but you'll cry in vain. You'll never get to heaven on a hell bound train. Never get to heaven on a hell bound train.
When they finally let me out of FSP She was living in Ocala with a son I'd never seen. We sat a while and didn't speak and then I told him, son, You do like I tell you, don't do like I done.
I know it calls to you so sweetly, But, oh, it'll mess you up completely. Cry if you want to but you'll cry in vain. You'll never get to heaven on a hell bound train. Never get to heaven on a hell bound train. No, you'll never to heaven on a hell bound train.