My Baby Thinks He 's a Train - Wikipedia My Baby Thinks He 's a Train `` My Baby Thinks He 's a Train '' Single by Rosanne Cash from the album Seven Year Ache B - side `` I Ca n't Resist '' Released August 29, 1981 Genre Country Length 3 : 13 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Leroy Preston Producer ( s ) Rodney Crowell Rosanne Cash singles chronology `` Seven Year Ache '' ( 1981 ) `` My Baby Thinks He 's a Train '' ( 1981 ) `` Blue Moon with Heartache '' ( 1981 ) `` Seven Year Ache '' ( 1981 ) `` My Baby Thinks He 's a Train '' ( 1981 ) `` Blue Moon with Heartache '' ( 1981 ) `` My Baby Thinks He 's a Train '' is a song written by Leroy Preston, and recorded by American country music artist Rosanne Cash. It was released in August 1981 as the second single from the album Seven Year Ache. `` My Baby Thinks He 's a Train '' was Rosanne Cash 's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of 11 weeks on the country chart. Charts Chart ( 1981 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 77. Jump up ^ `` Rosanne Cash Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` ( I 'm Settin ' ) Fancy Free '' by The Oak Ridge Boys Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single November 14, 1981 Succeeded by `` All My Rowdy Friends ( Have Settled Down ) '' by Hank Williams Jr. Rosanne Cash Studio albums Rosanne Cash Right or Wrong Seven Year Ache Somewhere in the Stars Rhythm & Romance King 's Record Shop Interiors The Wheel 10 Song Demo Rules of Travel Black Cadillac The List The River & the Thread Compilation albums Hits 1979 -- 1989 Retrospective The Very Best of Rosanne Cash Notable singles `` No Memories Hangin ' Round '' `` Could n't Do Nothin ' Right '' `` Seven Year Ache '' `` My Baby Thinks He 's a Train '' `` Blue Moon with Heartache '' `` Ai n't No Money '' `` I Wonder '' `` It Has n't Happened Yet '' `` I Do n't Know Why You Do n't Want Me '' `` Never Be You '' `` Hold On '' `` Second to No One '' `` The Way We Make a Broken Heart '' `` Tennessee Flat Top Box '' `` If You Change Your Mind '' `` Runaway Train '' `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` What We Really Want '' Guest singles `` If It Were n't for Him '' ( with Vince Gill ) `` It 's Such a Small World '' ( with Rodney Crowell ) Related articles Discography Johnny Cash Tommy Cash John Carter Cash Rodney Crowell John Leventhal `` Never Alone '' Ghost Brothers of Darkland County This 1981 country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Baby_Thinks_He%27s_a_Train&oldid=830664977 '' Categories : 1981 singles 1981 songs Rosanne Cash songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Rodney Crowell 1981 country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 16 March 2018, at 06 : 19. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote my baby thinks he's a train
Answer: Leroy Preston