Listen here fellas, I’m the kind of a man I’m jumping on freight trains whenever I can You’ll never see me riding in a dining car Always on top with an old fruit jar Where stars shine dim and pale I’m the king of the rail
Playing my guitar to the clickety-clack Singing a song about the rhythm of the railroadtrack Roll on choo-choo, roll on train Hear that whistles sweet refrain Blowing and a puffing my name King of the rail
Well, I head a woman somewhere in this land But playing my guitar was something that she couldn’t stand If you lean your ear against the rail You can hear her calling in the distance there Howling and a-crying my name Come back king of the rail
Playing my guitar to the clickety-clack Singing a song about the rhythm of the railroadtrack Roll on choo-choo, roll on train Hear that whistles sweet refrain Blowing and a puffing my name King of the rail I’m the king of the rail