Gonna catch that illinois central

Gonna ride around the bend

Gonna catch that illinois central

I'm gonna ride around the bend

Well and the lord only know

Just when I'll be back again

I'm goin' back home

Where I know I have got a friend

Well I'm goin' back home

Where I know I have got a friend

They'll be so glad to see me

They won't even ask me where I've been

Conductor raise your hand

So the engineer can ring the bell

Conductor raise your hand

So the engineer can ring the bell

When those wheels start turnin' over

I wanna be at the north farewell

This time tomorrow

There's no tellin' where I'll be

This time tomorrow

There's no tellin' where I'll be lord

But you can bet your bottom dollar

I'll be somewhere down on the I c