Story Behind The Song
We were joking around one day and tony said all Country songs have to include references to trains, mothers, broken hearts, drunken fathers and untimely death ...so I cam up with this.
Song Description
Small town person, down on their luck, decides to leave home in search of work and a better life. They leave their mother and family behind.
| Song Length |
3:00 |
Genre |
Country - General, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Mood |
Poignant |
| Subject |
Loneliness, Home |
Era |
1940 - 1949 |
Lyrics
1, 2, (I'm) packin' my | bags and I'm leavin' | home on a | Night when it's pourin' down | rain
(my) Mama is | cryin' as she | waves me goodbye as | I board that 9 O'Clock | train
A man has to|do, what| he has to do|Sometimes| its hard to |choose There are no | jobs in | this one horse town and | me, I've got | nothin to | lose 2,3, 1,2,
(The) sound of the whistle, is lonesome and blue, as the | train moves|on down the|track 1,2
(It's) takin' me | further and | further from | you, but |
now it's too late | to turn back
A man has to|do, what | he has to do|Sometimes| its hard to |choose There are no | jobs in | this one horse town and | me, I've got | nothin to | lose
Break over Verse 12 bars - return to Chorus
A man has to|do, what | he has to do|Sometimes| its hard to |choose
There are no | jobs in | this one horse town and | me, I've got | nothin to | lose
My Dad |was a drunkard | he died in a brawl| Leavin' a family of | five
(My) Mama she | raised us, as | best she | could, it's
not easy | tryin' to survive
A man has to|do, what | he has to do|
Sometimes| its hard to |choose
There are no | jobs in | this one horse town and | me, I've got | nothin to | lose
and | me, I've got | nothin to | lose and | me, I've got | nothin to | lose
V C V C SOLO over Verse CVC