In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama Workin' on the railroad with a steel-drivin' hammer I gotta get some money, buy some brand-new shoes Try to find somebody to take away these blues She don't love me here, I'm singin' in the sun But pity comin' when my work is all done Well, in the evening when the sun is sinkin' low All day I've been waitin' for the whistle to blow Sittin' in a teepee built right on the track Rollin' them bones till the foreman come back Pick a grub as long as boys scatter about We got a off-schedule train comin' two miles out Yeah, everybody scramblin' and jumpin' around Pickin' up the money, tearin' the teepee down The foreman was in a panic, about to go insane Tryin' to get the workers out the way of the train Engineer blowin' the whistle long and long Can't stop the train, they have to let it roll on