| I HEARD THE TRAIN WHISTLE, SAW IT GO BY IT'S SMOKE WENT CURLING WAY UP IN THE SKY THE ENGINEERMAN GRINNED JUST LIKE THE DAYS OF OLD AS THE FIREMAN KEPT SHOVELLING IN THE COAL IT SEEMS ODD TO OTHERS FOR SOMEONE TO SAY BACK IN THE DAYS OF OLD WE TRAVELED THAT WAY NOW THEY TRAVEL BY CAR, OR TRAVEL BY PLANE THEY SAY TO HECK WITH AN OLD SLOW TRAIN THEY NEVER TAKE TIME TO STOP AND THINK OR HARDLY TAKE TIME TO SLEEP A WINK WHEN THEY EAT IT'S A HAMBURGER AND COKE AND A CIGARETTE THEY LIGHT UP TO SMOKE SOME THINK IT SMART TO DRINK LIKE A FISH THEY USUALLY WIND UP LAYING IN A DITCH IT IS LUCKY FOR SOME WHOSE LIVES ARE SAVED WHILE SOME HAVE TO BE CARTED OFF TO THEIR GRAVE SO MUCH MISERY AND GRIEF IS LEFT BEHIND FOR FATHER AND MOTHER WHO HAVE BEEN SO KIND |