| How long baby, how long has that evening train been gone? | |
| It's been gone since that blood red sun went down | |
| Thought I heard a whistle and | |
| I think I see a train | |
| Deep in my heart there is an aching pain | |
| Said how long, how long, baby how long? | |
| Well look down them tracks and feeling so bad | |
| Lost the best woman that a poor man ever had | |
| How long, well how long baby, how long? | |
| Well how long baby, how long has that evening train been gone? | |
| It's been gone since that blood red sun went down | |
| How long baby, how long has that evening train been gone? | |
| It's been gone since that blood red sun went down |