Time to Go

Time To Go
Lawrence J. Penn, Cookie Man Music Company Inc.

The whistle on the midnight train is sweet tonight
Callin' me the way an old time lover might
Every time the whistle blows it says to me
I'll carry you back to where your soul is free

Somethin' about the way that lady sings tonight
Her raucous melody warms up the hobo night
I have not felt this way since I was seventeen
Once upon a time when steam was king

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Come on you worn out railroad bum, it's time to go
Time to go, time to go
Come on you weary railroad bum get up and roll
Rattlin' back to where your soul is free

Somewhere in the murky night, the whistle wails
I swear it's calling me to ride the rails
Tellin' me to leave my calloused things behind
Tellin' me it will take me back in time

chorus
Come on you worn out railroad bum, it's time to go
Time to go, time to go
Come on you weary railroad bum, get up and roll
Rattlin' back to where your soul is free

One by one my friends have caught that Westbound Run
They're waitin' by the river there for me to come
So you won't have to worry what's become of me
I'm rattlin' back to where my soul is free

chorus
Come on you worn out railroad bum it's time to go
Time to go, time to go
Come on you weary railroad bum get up and roll
Rattlin' back to where your soul is free