I'm packin' my bags and goin' home
I been here too long
So happy , I'll get there on my own , mmm..
Been here for reasons right or wrong
So I'm packin' my bag and I'm gettin' home

So I'll walk by the railroad anytime, anytime
Walk by the railroad anytime
Tell my brother and my sister that ev'rything's gone wrong
But I'm walkin' by that railroad till I'm home

There's been lies told in my story
But ain't juiced none of that glory
But still, I served my time
And there's no use in cryin'
'cause I'm walkin' by that railroad till I'm home

So I'll walk by the railroad anytime , anytime
Walk by the railroad anytime
Tell my women that I missed her
That I can't wait to kiss her
So I'm walkin' by that railroad till I'm home

Yes I'll walk by the railroad anytime , anytime
Walk by the railroad anytime
Tell my women that I missed her
And I can't wait to kiss her
'cause I'm walkin' by that railroad till I'm home
Yes I'm walkin' by that railroad till I'm home

Although I've left you darling
I'll soon be back again
That's what I said in China
Where all the work was dead
I hope you get my letters
I'll write them every day
I'll soon be heading eastwards
I'm hammering the nails

I'm working on the railroad
I dig away the time
I'm singing to the worksong
With memories in mind

I'll sail to Hong Kong harbour
The winds were warmer there
The sweat would roll down my back
While digging at the earth

While talking of you darling
I'd show your photograph
And point it over westwards
Way over past the tracks

I'm working on the railroad
I dig away the time
I'm singing to the worksong
With memories in mind

I'm working on the railroad
I dig away the time
I'm singing to the worksong
With memories in mind
Of you... of you, oh!

I've saved every penny, my girl
I hope that you have waited out there
For all my love when I get home
Cause deep down in my heart, there's a hole

I've saved every penny, my girl
I hope that you have waited out there
For all my love when I get home
Cause deep down in my heart, there's a hole

I've saved every penny, my girl
I hope that you have waited out there
For all my love when I get home
Cause deep down in my heart, there's a hole