I Wish I Was A Train

When I was a little boy I used to lie in my bed and listen for the '9:09'

It never ran on Christmas or the day that Jesus died

but every other day it ran on time

It always made me lonesome but it brought me comfort

and what it did to me I can't explain

And as I wonder through this harsh and gentle world

Oh every now and then I wish I was a train

Roll on roll on into the dark night

Leavin' all my troubles behind

Carryin' my soul far far away Oh every now and then

I wish I was a train

I loaded trucks in Isa rode the dingo fences

cursed the ganger on the western line

Started throwin' punches in a bar at Charters Towers

They threw the book at me I did my time

Cause a train don't weep a train don't feel

heartache sadness and pain

And when I die just let my spirit ride

on the boxcar of an ever rollin' train