There's an engine at the station and the whistle blows my name
It's callin' callin' [bad word] and get aboard the train
My baby's gone and I'm alone to live in misery
I'm gonna call and make a reservation for me

Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train

 [bad word] [bad word] – guitar bass riff)

I'm gonna climb aboard and ride until I learn to smile
I'll be knockin' out the blues while I'm knockin' out the miles
With my guitar beatin’ rhythm to the click-clack of the wheels
I'm gonna sing the blues 'cause that's the way that I feel

Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train

 [bad word] [bad word] – guitar bass riff)

Conductor go and tell the man to shovel on the coal
It doesn't seem as half as bad as long as I can roll
Give me another ticket and I'll stay and ride with you
There's nothin' left to live for in the world we're rollin' through

Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train