I’m getting off this train, gonna make this town my home
If I make it through the cold my legs may cease to roam
So far away from you, I’ll never see your face again
I’m getting off this train and forgetting where I’ve been

I jumped the C+O just outside of Baltimore
It took me down the line to a place I’d never been
That Iron Horse went running toward the Great Northwest
She just rolls on and on, she never takes a rest

Leaving you is what I need to get my freedom back
Seeing everything I have instead of what I lack
A cool wind blows and calms the rain to daylight
Bringing stars to cover me as evening becomes midnight

The train that returns is one I won’t be on
I’m staying here in Cleveland and hanging up my gun
I could run further but I’m far enough from the pain
I won’t be back to see you, I’m getting off this train