Lonesome Whistle Blues Songtext / Lyric

I was riding number 9,

heading south from Carolina.

I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.

Got in trouble, had to roam,

left my girl, left my home.

I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.



Just a kid, acting smart,

I went and broke my baby's heart.

I guess I was too young to know.

They took me off that Georgia Main

and locked me to a ball and chain.

I heard that lo-onesome whistle blow.






All I do is sit and cry

as the evening train goes by.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.

I'll be locked here in this cell

till my body's just a shell

and my head turns whiter than snow.

I'll never see that girl of mine

'cos I'm in Georgia doing time.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.



I'll be locked here in this cell

till my body's just a shell

and my head turns whiter than snow.

I'll never see that girl of mine

'cos I'm in Georgia doing time.

I heard that lonesome whistle blow.