| I’m just a rider
|
| A rider on the rail
|
| I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| Where’s this train a-going?
|
| (Fuck if I can tell)
|
| But I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| Don’t ask the captain, please
|
| To tell you what’s the reason
|
| 'Cause I’m sure he’s long forgotten
|
| The days when he was young
|
| And he carried by the ton
|
| Your corn and coal and cotton
|
| I’m just a rider
|
| A rider on the rail
|
| I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| Where’s this train a-going?
|
| (Well, far as I can tell)
|
| But I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| Now stand in your place
|
| And man, don’t look in my face
|
| 'Cause I’ll do for you no favor
|
| With no sense of remorse
|
| We’ll stay our plotted course
|
| From this we will not waver
|
| If you want my reasons for
|
| Just why I joined the war
|
| Well I’ll tell you, I, I had to
|
| 'Cause when they tell you, «Son
|
| Stand straight and take this gun»
|
| Well they also point one at you
|
| I’m just a rider
|
| A rider on the rail
|
| I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| Where’s this train a-going?
|
| (Prob'ly straight to hell)
|
| But I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| You can call me captain
|
| You can call me what you will
|
| But I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| I’m just a rider on the rail
|
| Well I’m just a rider on the rail |