I'm gonna catch a ride on the nine-o-five
When the sun is beating down upon the main street
I'm leaving here tonight
I'm gonna ride the rail until we reach the morning
When the wind is blowing softly
If I don't get to the border then I'll write
And the people dancing all across the city
I gotta get that southbound train tonight, ooh
I gotta move down the line
If I don't get to the border then I'll write
I'll be waiting here at the station
They'll be dancin' and singin' and doin' their thing
The Mardi Gras will be blowing strong
I gotta move down the line
You're waiting somewhere over the horizon
I gotta get that southbound train tonight, ooh
Maybe three or four hundred miles
And they'll be rockin' and rollin' until the day is done
In the heat of the day many miles away
Through the streets of a little town and the music's playin'
I gotta get that southbound train tonight, ooh
You know I got to make the deadline
