Written by John R. Cash and Billy Smith
There`s an engine at the station, the whistle calls my name
It`s callin`, callin`, callin`, come and get aboard me aboard the train
My baby`s gone and I`m alone to live in misery
I`m gonna call and make a reservation for me
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
I`m gonna climb aboard and ride until I learn to smile
I`ll be knockin` out the blues while I`m knockin` out the miles
With my guitar beating rhythm to click clack of the wheels
I`m gonna sing the blues `cause that`s the way that I feel
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Conductor go and tell the man to shovel on the coal
It doesn`t seem half as bad as long as I can roll
Give me another ticket and I`ll stay and ride with you
`Cause there`s nothing left to live for in this world we`re rollin` through
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train