Well now the wind blows cold
Bells ring out way across town tonight
It's getting' too dark to see
Steel glass rain starin' at the bright headlights
It's dark as a dungeon house and for heaven's sakes
Heart is as black as coal -don't have to be this way

CHORUS:

Waitin' on that Sunnyland Train
You're gonna make it any day
Get onboard that Sunnyland Train
Drive these blues away
It don't have to be this way.


Down in the alley by the liquor store
Gotta get some joy
Nobody knows folks like these
They're gonna do what they can tonight
Oh, Lord,
To get a little sweet, sweet relief
The last dollar is gone and spent -these ain't Christian days
Livin' off fat back meat -don't have to be this way.

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Middle 8:

Well now the train pulls in every quarter hour
Believe it, friend, it don't matter who you are.
It's one for the ticket, two for the tracks
Three to get ready for the train
Don't be lookin' back.

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