Day after day   Miles and miles of railroad track   Night after night   Hummin' of the wheels   Their hummin' seems to say   He'll follow you someday   But someday seems a million miles away   Wish I could turn around   And run back home again   I've had no mercy   Since the blues got on this train      Day after day   Make a dollar, need it twice   Night after night   Lie awake and dream   Of days of auld lang syne   Moonlight through the pine   And linen table cloths all stained with wine   Wish I could turn around   And run back home again   I've been so empty   Since I caught that eastbound train      Day after day   Watch the hands move 'round the clock   Night after night   Searching for my soul   So this must be my fate   To sit and weep and wait   And pray my darlin' comes before too late   Wish I could turn around   And run back home again   I've been so lonely   Since I caught that eastbound train