Well you can wait by the railroad track
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
You can wait but they won’t be back
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’

Well they took apart that band of steel
Down in the wreckers yard
They left me standing here draggin my heels
Times get tough and times get hard

Well you can wait by the railroad track
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
You can wait but they won’t be back
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’


And you won’t see the lights in the passenger cars
Or pictures in the window frames
And you won’t hear them shouting all aboard
Last call for the St. John’s train

Well you can wait by the railroad track
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
You can wait but they won’t be back
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’


And you won’t hear a whistle on a winter’s night
Echoing around that hill
But all I’d know is that I’d feel alright
If I heard them echoing echoing echoing still

Well you can wait by the railroad track
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
You can wait but they won’t be back
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’

Well you can wait by the railroad track
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
You can wait but they won’t be back
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’

Well you can wait by the railroad track
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
You can wait but they won’t be back
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’