In the heat of the day down in mobile alabama
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer
Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
She don't love me hear them singing in the sun
Payday's coming when my work is all done
Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low
All day I've been waiting for the whistle to blow
Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
I can get play going crazy insane
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
In the heat of the day down in mobile alabama
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer
Gotta some money to buy some brand new shoes
Get to find woman to take away my blues
She don't love me hear them singing in the sun
Payday's coming when my work is all done