Lyrics "Slow Train Through Georgia" by Norman Blake

Down by the county bridge
the gondolas roll
hualing down to Birmingham
a dirty half-slag coal
I should let 'er move me on
come sunshine, rain or drought
'cause just like the circle says
Southern serves the South

Hardships and troubles,
Lord, you know I've had some
gettin' older every day
I'm a fair weather bum
let me tell you good people here
it's just about time
to catch a slow train through Georgia
and ease a worried mind

Forty miles an hour
she's rollin' down the line
greasy rail, red-clay trails
through the long leaf pines
any place that the sunshine falls
is where I long to be
Sunshine Southern Special
won't you roll me to the sea

Hardships and troubles,
don't you know I've had some
gettin' older every day
I'm a fair weather bum
let me tell you good people here
it's just about time
to catch a slow train through Georgia
and ease a worried mind

Lord, I wish I was living day-by-day
someplace down the track
come on gal, my old pal
Lord, you know we'll not look back
I'll take down this old guitar
I'll play her everyday
let the slow train through Georgia
roll my blues away

Hardships and troubles,
don't you know I've had some
gettin' older every day
I'm a fair weather bum
let me tell you good people here
it's just about time
to catch a slow train through Georgia
and ease a worried mind