Southern Streamline

(album: Blue Moon Swamp - 1997)

Mama I'm on fire
Old flame
Sweet desire
Coming on the midnight
Coming on the midnight train
Rolling steel and thunder
Bring my baby back again

Roll on down the line
Big wheels rolling right on time
Hear that whistle blowing
Hear that engine roar and whine
Take care of my baby
Riding on that southern streamline

Well I got a little letter this morning
Just about the break of day
Bluebird ringing my doorbell
Rolling my blues away
Said honey when we go stepping
Long about Saturday night
So head it down to the station
An' everything'll be alright

Honey what's that sound
Big wheels rolling homeward bound
See that smokestack sparking
Lighting up a purple sky
Take care of my baby
Riding on that southern streamline

Well I got a little letter this morning
Just about the break of day
Bluebird ringing my doorbell
Rolling my blues away
Said honey babe we'll go stepping
Long about Saturday night
So head it down to the station
An' everything'll be alright

Mama I'm on fire
Old flame
Sweet desire
Coming on the midnight
Honey let your little light shine
Rolling steel and thunder
Riding on that southern streamline
Take care of my baby
Riding on that southern streamline