Well, I gave all my money to the banker this month   Now, I got no more money to spend   She smiled when she saw me comin' through that door   When I left she said, "Come back again"      I watched them lonesome boxcar wheels   Turnin' down the tracks out of town   And it's on that lonesome railroad track   I'm gonna lay my burden down      I was raised on a farm the first years of my life   Life was pretty good they say   I'll probably live to be some ripe ol' age   If death'll just stay out of my way      This world can take my money and time   But it sure can't take my soul   And I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks   Watch them lonesome boxcars roll      There's some big ol' Buicks by the Baptist church   Cadillacs at the Church of Christ   I parked my camel by an ol' haystack   I'll be lookin' for that needle all night      There ain't gonna be no radial tires   Turnin' down the streets of gold   I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks   And watch them lonesome boxcars roll      Now, if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train   Beatin' out a beautiful tune   If you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks   Shinin' by the light of the moon      If you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground   I know you don't have to be told   Why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks   And watch them lonesome boxcars roll      Yeah, I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks   And watch them lonesome boxcars roll