See the trains, see the railroad tracks
One going, the other one coming back
There goes my baby on that old train
I say, come back baby, come back
Click -clack, click -clack
There's my baby waving
her handkerchief down
My ears stand up when I hear that sound
This time it sounds like it's for keeps
Click -clack, click -clack
I get down on the ground
I travel around
I pray to the lord that that train will stop
Turn around, turn around, never stop
I dropped my baby
Well I had this girl,
she threatened to leave me all the time
Maybe you had a girl like that,
who all the time cried
Well, I had this girl,
threatened to leave me all the time
Threatened to go down,
go down to New Orleans
And get herself lost and found
Maybe you had a girl like that,
threatened to go to New Orleans
And get herself lost and found
Come on, I'll play it for you,
I'll tell you about it
Two railroad tracks, one going
and the other one coming back