Your mother don't cry   Your daddy don't go   The spies don't let the government know   The water don't rise   Living on the railroad   Your brother don't lie   Your lover don't cheat   The ground wont fall   From under your feet and the wind don't blow   Livin on the railroad      Living on the railroad, living on the railroad      Your colour don't fade   Your sorrow don't show   The shadow don't follow wherever you go   The butter don't melt livin' on the railroad   Your cards don't lose   Your brakes don't fail   The rain comes down to cover your trail   But the wind don't blow living on the railroad      Living on the railroad, living on the railroad   Living on the railroad, living on the railroad      Thunder, lightening,   Stealing, fighting   Crashing, cryin, breakin', dyin',   Failing, fallin', lyin'   Greed   These are the things I never see      Living on the railroad, living on the railroad