I Won't Give Up My Train - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

I pulled into Memphis thirteen minutes early first time in two weeks

That’s where she came to meet me

As I stepped down off four-fifty-one, I needed sleep

The baby’s over due I know, she need’s some things

But the more that we discuss it, it’s the same

Long train rollin', got a feelin' and I’m knowin'

She’s not waitin' for me

These rails keep gettin' longer, this feelin’s gettin' stronger

It won’t let me be

I love my woman fire and rain

But I won’t give up my train

The baby came in April while I was in Chicago in the pourin' rain

With twelve flat cars, six rusted tankers

three box cars and an empty sack of mail

And though I’ll be lonely, some nights I know

There’s just no other way to explain

Long train rollin', got a feelin' and I’m knowin'

She’s not waitin' for me

These rails keep gettin' longer, this feelin’s gettin' stronger

It won’t let me be

I love my woman fire and rain

But I won’t give up my train

Long train rollin', got a feelin' and I’m knowin'

She’s not waitin' for me

These rails keep gettin' longer, this feelin’s gettin' stronger

It won’t let me be

I love my woman fire and rain

But I won’t give up my train

I love my woman fire and rain

But I won’t give up my train