[Verse 1]

I've been here a month or more, stuck in this old city

People that have to call it home, they're the ones I pity

Lord, I'm homesick

Blues are the only songs I ever seem to pick

I get out and walk the street 'til I get blisters on my feet

I'm southbound

[Verse 2]

I'm all right 'til late at night, I'm sitting by my window

I count sheep but I can't sleep for listening to that train blow

I begin to pine

When I hear that great big old engine rolling down the line

I'm going back and spending some time where I can have fun when I ain't got a dime

I'm southbound

[Verse 3]

Southbound, she's a burnin' the ground and I don't mean maybe

Sure am glad I caught this train, I wanna see my baby

Lord, I'm lonesome

Long to see those hills that I come from

Listen to the engine rattle and roar, taking me back home once more

I'm southbound