And relive my dreams
Waitin' for the trains
With the heat risin' in my eyes
Down to New Orleans
I close my eyes and I wonder
People on the platforms
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
They would not let me be
But I don't know what all right even means
They tell me everything is gonna be all right
Now, you can seal up the book and not write anymore
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
You find out you can always lose a little more
I had to leave there in a hurry
I was ridin' in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane
And I'm tryin' to get to Heaven before they close the door
You broke a heart that loved you
I'm goin' down the river
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
I've been walkin' that lonesome valley
Every day your memory grows dimmer
Tryin' to get to Heaven before they close the door
I'm just goin' down the road, feeling bad
No midnight ramblers like they did before
I only saw what they let me see
Tryin' to get to Heaven before they close the door
I've been wading through the high muddy water
I've been all around the world, boys
I've been walking through the mirror to nowhere
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Tryin' to get to Heaven before they close the door
When I was in Missouri
When you think that you've lost everything
Like pendulums swinging on chains
Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore
I've been to sugar town, I shook the sugar down
