I'm movin' on the black train   The night it beats me down   I'm movin' on the black train   And I breathe a soundless sound      Ridin' on the black train   Ridin' on the black train      Every blood in my body goes with the train   And some of it's on the floor   I'm slippin' out to any place   Although I know I've been there before      Ridin' on the black train   Ridin' on the black train      Torn up on the black train   Torn from my southern home   I left a nigger lying dead by the river   I left the Will-O-the-Wisp to roam      Ridin' on the black train   Ridin' on the black train      And I can't get better, I can't get better      Ridin' on the black train   Ridin' on the black train      I'm heat on the black train   And I'm lightin' up the night   With everything I've had and everything I've done   I still can't be satisfied      I'm ridin' on the black train   I'm ridin' on the black train