Several verses in common with:

GOOD MORNING MR. RAILROAD MAN


"Good morning, Mister Railroad man,
What time do your trains roll by?"
"At nine-sixteen and two forty-four,
And twenty five minutes past five."

"It's nine-sixteen and two-forty-four,
Twenty-five minutes till five,
Thank you, Mr. Railroad man,
I want to watch your trains roll by."

I sat down in a gamblin' game,
And I could not play my hand,
Just thinkin' about that woman I love,
Run away with another man.

Run away with another man, poor boy,
Run away with another man,
I was thinking aout that woman that I love,
Run away with another man.

Standing on a platform,
Smoking a cheap cigar
Waiting for an old freight-train
That carries an empty car.

Well, I pulled my hat down over my eyes,
And I walked across the track,
And I caught me the end of an old freight train,
And I never did come back.

Ry Cooder sings this (with the verses in a different order) on Boomer's Story