Downbound Train Lyrics – Bruce Springsteen

Downbound Train Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I had a job, I had a girl
I had something going, mister, in this world
I got laid off down at the auto yard
Our love went bad, times got hard

[Chorus]
Now I work down at the car wash
Where all it ever does is rain
Sometimes don’t you feel like you’re a rider
Oh baby, on a downbound train?

[Verse 2]
She just said, “Joe, I gotta go
We had it once, we ain’t got it any more”
She packed her bags, left me behind
She bought a ticket on the Central Line

[Chorus]
Nights as I sleep, I still hear the whistle whining
I feel her soft kiss in the misty morning rain
Sometimes don’t you feel like you’re a rider
Oh baby, on a downbound train?

[Verse 3]
Last night, I heard a voice
You were crying, crying, you were so alone
You said your love had never died
And you were waiting for me at home

[Verse 4]
Well, I put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
I ran ’til I thought my chest would explode
There in the clearing beyond the highway
In the moonlight, our wedding house shone

[Verse 5]
I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
And then up the stairs I climbed
The room was dark, our bed was empty
And then I heard that long whistle whine
And then I dropped to my knees
Hung my head and cried

[Chorus]
Now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang
Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
Sometimes don’t you feel like you’re a rider
Baby, on a downbound train?