Leroy Ervin Rock Island Blues Lyrics

Rock Island Blues Lyrics

They tell me the Rock Island  is a mean old train to ride

They tell me the
Rock Island  is a mean old train to ride

And the reason I know it is  I've
got my baby by my side



I hear the train whistle blowin'  I know
it's coming after me

I hear the train whistle blowin'  I know it's coming
after me

And I believe I'll go back  To my old time used to be



It's a long freight train  with a red and green light behind

It's a
long freight train  with a red and green light behind

Says the red mean
danger  and that green means a ramblin' mind



Says I went down to
the station  baby and I looked up on the board

Says I went down to the
station  baby and I looked up on the board

I asked the depot agent  did
my baby go down the road?