Oh, smokestack lightnin, shinin just like gold
Why cant you hear me cryin? Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh
Oh, stop your train, let a hobo ride
Why cant you hear me cryin? Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh
Oh, fare you well, I never see you no more
Why cant you hear me cryin? Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh-oh, who been your baby, sister? Ive been gone
A little bitty boy, there they are, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Never seen her baby sister
Ive been gone, Ive been gone, Ive been gone, so long
So long, Ive been gone so long, Ive been gone so long
Ive been gone so long
I never got your baby sister, man, but that just aint thе way
Ive been out of town a long, long time
My, my, a year and a day
And Ivе been gone so long, Ive been gone so long
So long, so long, Ive been gone so long, gone so long
Ive been gone so long, Ive never seen your baby sister
No man, I aint ever seen your baby sister
Ive been gone
Feel like a stranger here
Ive been gone so long, been gone so long, Ive been gone so long
Ive been gone so long, Ive been gone so long, Ive been gone so long
Ive been gone so long