In The Heat Of The Day Down In Mobile Alabama 
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer 
Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes 
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues 
"She don't love me" hear them singing in the sun 
 [bad word] and my work is all done 

Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low 
All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow 
Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks 
Rolling them bones until the [bad word] back 
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about 
We've got an off-schedule [bad word] #39; two miles out 

Everybody's scrambling,'n'jumping around 
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down 
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane 
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train 
Engineer blows the whistle long and long 
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on