[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
From old Monta

              
na down to Ala

         
bam I've been 

before and I'l

l travel again
             
You triflin' w

              
omen can't kee

             
p a good man d


own
             
You dealt the 

              
cards but you 

              
missed a play 

   
so hit the roa

d and be on yo

ur way
             
Gonna board th

            
e Golden Rocke

              
t and leave th

   
is town


[Verse 2]
             
I was a good e

              
ngine a runnin

              
' on time but 


baby I'm switc

hin' to anothe

r line
             
So honey never

              
 hang your sig

            
nal out for me
    
I'm tired of r

unnin' on the 

same old track
           
I bought a one

 way ticket an

d I won't be b

ack
             
This Golden Ro

             
cket is a-roll

              
ing my blues a


way


[Instrumental]
      
      
      
    


[Verse 3]
             
Hear that lone

              
some whistle b

     
low, that's yo

ur cue and now

 you know
             
That I got ano

              
ther true love

              
r waitin' in T

     
ennessee
             
This midnight 

              
special is a-b

              
urning the rai

     
l so woman don

't try to foll

ow my trail
             
This Golden Ro

            
cket's a-rolli

             
n' my blues aw

ay


[Verse 4]
             
Hear her thund

              
er on through 

              
the night this

 
 Golden Rocket

 is doin' me r

ight
             
And that sunny

              
 southland sur

              
e is a part of

 
 me
    
And from your 

call board era

se my name
     
Your fire went

 out you done 

lost your flam

e
             
The Golden Roc

            
ket's is a-rol

              
lin' my blues 

 
away


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[Verse 5]
             
That old condu

              
ctor he seemed

             
 to know you d


one me wrong I

 was feelin' l

ow
             
For he yelled 

              
aloud we're ov

              
er that Dixon 


Line
        
And the brakem

an started sin

ging a song
            
Said you're wo

rried now but 

it won't be lo

ng
             
The Golden Roc

            
ket is a-leavi

              
ng your blues 

  
behind


[Verse 6]
             
Then the porte

              
r yelled with 

              
a southern dra

          
wl, let's rise

 and shine goo

d morning you 

all
             
And I sprang t

              
o my feet to g

              
reet the new b

    
orn day
             
When I kissed 

              
my baby in the

              
 station door 

     
that whistle b

lew like it ne

ver before
             
On the Golden 

            
Rocket that ro

              
lled my blues 

 
away


[Outro]
             
On the Golden 

            
Rocket that ro

              
lled my blues 

 
away