John Henry Lives

Hear the whistle blow far off

In the still night without stars

See the tracks laid flat with a hammer's might

They're the spike driver's scars

They're the spike driver's scars

By the railroad ties there a hammer lies it's all painted in red

It's all painted in red, it's all painted in red

By the railroad ties there a hammer lies it's all painted in red

It's all painted in red, it's all painted in red

The west springs up from the spike driver's blues

And the captain's new shiny shoes take to him this hat

And hammer and tell him i'm gone i'm gone i'm gone i'm gone i'm gone

By the railroad ties there a hammer lies it's all painted in red

It's all painted in red, it's all painted in red

By the railroad ties there a hammer lies it's all painted in red

It's all painted in red, it's all painted in red

It's all painted in red, it's all painted in red, it's all painted in red

It's all painted in red, it's all painted in red, it's all painted in red