[Verse 1]

I’m leaving on a rattlin’ train

Can't seem to stay here long

The more I try to do right, babe

The more you've treat'n me so wrong

[Chorus]

So I'm gone, I'm gone, I am gone

I am gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, again in the wind

I'm bound for heaven, I'm bound for hell

I'm leaving on a rattlin' train

(Yes, I am)

[Verse 2]

I’m leaving on a rattlin’ train

The wind is in my hair

I don't care where this old train goes

But it's leaving for a better place, I know

[Chorus]

So I'm gone, I'm gone, I am gone

I am gone, I'm gone, oh gone, again in the wind

I'm bound for heaven, I'm bound for hell

I'm leaving on a rattlin' train

(Ride along, son, I think I hear a train comin')

[Verse 3]

We rode into a lonesome town

The ghosts flew all around

And a man waving roses winked at me

As the train kept rolling down

[Chorus]

I'm gone, I'm gone, oh I'm gone

Oh I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, again in the wind

I'm bound for heaven, I'm bound for hell

I'm leaving on a rattlin' train

(Yeah)

[Verse 4]

As we pulled into the final stop

I did not want to go

For I spent my life on the rattlin' train

So I'll miss her so and so

[Chorus]

Then I'm gone, oh I'm gone, oh I'm gone

Oh I'm gone, oh I'm gone, I'm gone, again in the wind

I'm bound for heaven, bound for hell

I'm leaving on this rattlin' train

(I think I hear it comin')