I've been here a month or more

Stuck in this old city

People that have to call it home

They're the ones I pity

Lord, I'm homesick

Blues are the only songs

I ever seem to pick

I get out and walk the street

'til I get blisters on my feet

I'm southbound

I'm alright 'til late at night

I'm sitting by my window

I count sheep but I can't sleep

For listening to that train blow

I begin to find

When I hear that great big engine

Rolling down the line

I'm going back to spend some time

Where I can have fun

When I ain't got a dime

I'm southbound

Southbound, she's a'burning the ground

And I don't mean maybe

Sure am glad I caught this train

I wanna see my baby

Lord, I'm lonesome

I long to see those hills that I come from

Listen to the engine rattle and roar

Taking me back home once more

I'm southbound