Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb, you know better but I know him

Like I told you, what I said, Steal your face right off your head

Now he's gone, now he's gone, Lord he's gone, he's gone

Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track

He's gone, gone, nothin's gonna bring him back... He's gone

Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride, hot as a pistol but cool inside

Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile

Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile

Now he's gone, now he's gone Lord he's gone, he's gone

Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track

He's gone, gone, nothin's gonna bring him back... He's gone

Goin' where the wind don't blow so strange

Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain

Lost one round but the price wasn't anything

A knife in the back and more of the same

Same old, rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb

You know better but I know him

Like I told you, what I said

Steal your face right off your head

Now he's gone, now he's gone Lord he's gone, he's gone

Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track

He's gone, gone, nothin's gonna bring him back... He's gone

Ooh, nothin's gonna bring him back