A few miles east of Wilmington there's an eerie light that shines above the cold steel rails of the Atlantic costal line; (Atlantic costal line) Old folks say a railroad man was killed there years ago As he tried to board the midnight train at the crossing at Maco; (The crossing at Maco) They pulled him from beneath the weels, it was plain that he was dead They found the lantern in his hand but they didn't find his head; (They didn't find his head) From that night on down thru the years the light keeps coming back That looks just like a railroad lantern swinging down the track, Swinging down the track. What is the Maco light that shines on the lonesome railroad bed? Could it be the railroad man a-looking for his head, looking for his head ...