Migrant Boxcar Train

If I should fall on the way down
If I should fall on the way down
If I should fall on the way down
Please don't leave me lying on the ground
On the ground, on the ground
Please don't leave me lying on the ground

I knew a woman had eyes fierce and mean
I knew a woman had eyes fierce and mean
I knew a woman had eyes fierce and mean
She asked about all the places I had been
Where I'd been, where I'd been
She asked about all the places I had been

Did I know the man from Washington?
Did I know the man from Washington?
Did I know the man from Washington?
Would I take a letter to him when I move on?
When I move on, when I move on
Would I take a letter to him when I move on?

She picked her way down where the river's at
She picked her way down where the river's at
She picked her way down where the river's at
God saw through the trees and watched her like a cat
Like a cat, like a cat
God saw through the trees and watched her like a cat

He watched her as she cried on the muddy bank
He watched her as she cried on the muddy bank
He watched her as she cried on the muddy bank
He cried in thunder and sobbed in pouring rain
Pouring rain, pouring rain
He cried in thunder and sobbed in pouring rain

She stepped and the river pulled her body down
She stepped and the river pulled her body down
She stepped and the river pulled her body down
On a launch at midnight they pulled her body out
Her body out, body out
On a launch at midnight they pulled her body out

I read her letter in a migrant train
I read her letter in a migrant train
I read her letter in a migrant train
It said please dear god don't you let me love again
Love again, love again
It said please dear god don't you let me love again

If I should fall on the way down
If I should fall on the way down
If I should fall on the way down
Please don't leave me lying on the ground