In the heat of the day, down in Mobile, Alabama Working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer I gotta make some money buy some brand new shoes Gotta find somebody to take away these blues She don't love me, hear me singing in the sun Pay day's coming, when the work is all done
Early in the evening when the sun is sinking low All day I've been waiting for the whistle to blow Sitting in a teepee building right on the tracks Rolling them bones till the foreman comes back Pick up your belongings boys scattered around We gotta all set the train coming two miles out
Yeah everybody's scampering and jumping around Picking up the money tearing the teepee down A foreman was in panic about to go insane Trying to get the workers outa the way of the train The engineer's blowing his whistle loud and long You can't stop the train you gotta let it roll on
Roll on Roll on Roll on Let it rock Let it rock Roll on Roll on Roll on boy