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