Texas – 1947

Bein' six years old, I had seen some trains before So it's hard to figure out what I'm at the depot for Trains are big and black and smokin' steam, screamin' at the wheels Bigger than anything there is, at least that's the way she feels Trains are big and black and smokin', louder in July 4th But everybody's actin' like this might be something more Than just pickin' up the mail or the soldiers from the war Somethin' even old man Wileman's never seen before And it's late afternoon on a hot Texas day Somethin' strange was goin' on and we saw it all in the way There were 50 or 60 people just sittin' on their cars And the ole men left their domioes and come down from the bars And everybody's checkin', old Jack Kittrell checks his watch And us kids put our ears to the rails to hear 'em pop So we already knowed it when they finally said, "Train time" You'd have thought that Judgement Day was rollin' down the line 'Cause things got real quiet and mama jerked me back But not before I got the chance to lay a nickel on the track Look out here, she comes, she's comin' Look out there, she goes, she's gone Screamin' straight through Texas like a mad dog cyclone Big and red and silver, she don't lay no smoke She's a fast, rollin' streamline, come to show the folks I said, "Look out here, she comes, she's comin'" "Look out there, she goes, she's gone" Screamin' straight through Texas like a mad dog cyclone Lord, she never even stopped She left 50 or 60 people still sittin' on their cars Wonderin' what it's comin' to and how it got this far And me I got a nickel smashed, flatter than a dime By a mad dog runaway, red silver streamline train Look out here, she comes, she's comin' Look out there, she goes, she's gone Screamin' straight through Texas like a mad dog cyclone Big and red and silver, she don't lay no smoke She's a fast, rollin' streamline, come to show the folks I said, "Look out here, she comes, she's comin'" "Look out there, she goes, she's gone" Screamin' straight through Texas like a mad dog cyclone Look out here, she comes, she's comin' Look out there, she goes, she's gone Screamin' straight through Texas like a mad dog cyclone