Oh, listen to the train Coming down the line Trying to make up for all of her lost time From Buffalo to Washington [Instrumental break] You can wash my jumper Starch my overalls Catch a train they call the Cannonball From Buffalo to Washington [Instrumental break] Yonder comes a train Comin' down the track To carry me away, but it ain't gonna carry me back My honey babe, my blue-eyed babe [Instrumental break] My baby's left me, She even took my shoes Enough to give me the doggone weary blues She's gone, she's solid gone [Instrumental break] I'm going up north I'm going up north this fall If my luck don't change I won't be back at all My honey babe, I'm leaving you [Instrumental break]