My baby's been and gone like a hot gully wind
Leavin' on a new train with her brother Jim
Here I stand alone like a backwash young tree
Hangin' out my branches trying to dry my brown leaves

Oh couldn't you see that it would mean
Oh couldn't you hear that I should leave.
Hey, shame me and my love's gone, I'm forlorn, that's me

She made me feel like crying on a dusty summer night
Made me feel like laughing when there's only rain in sight
Time will tell on her my friend it's only right to say
I'm leavin' on that new train, I'm headin' the other way