See the train ease up and down the track Says, I won't be dead, just ain't comin' back When you see that train, mama, come easin' up and down the line When you see that train easin' up and down the line Says, I'm bound to get a letter from that teasin' brown of mine Well I'm goin' away, mama, won't be back 'til Fall Says, I'm goin' away, mama, I won't be back 'til Fall And if I get kind of lucky, won't be back at all I'm gonna write a letter, mail it in the air I'm gwonna write a letter, mail it in the air I'm gwonna find that gal, she's in the world somewhere Don't you see, mama, see what you done done I said, oh see, mama, see what you done done You done made me love you, now your man done come Ain't gonna be here long I says, ain't gonna be here long In a few more days, up the road I'm goin' Said, I'm goin' away, woman, make you lonesome here Said, I'm goin' away, make you lonesome here Says, I'm goin' away, mama, make you lonesome here I said, what you got on your mind? I said, mama, what you got on your mind? I got a mind to ramble, mind to leave this town I got a mind to ramble, mind to leave this town I got a mind to ramble, mind for to leave this town