Rider

I'm just a rider

A rider on the rail

I'm just a rider on the rail

Where's this train a-going?

Fuck if I can tell

But I'm just a rider on the rail

Don't ask the captain, please

To tell you what's the reason

'Cause I'm sure he's long forgotten

The days when he was young,

And he carried by the ton,

Your corn and coal and cotton.

I'm just a rider

A rider on the rail

I'm just a rider on the rail

Where's this train a-going?

Well, far as I can tell

But I'm just a rider on the rail

Now stand in your place,

And man, don't look in my face

'Cause I'll do for you no favor

With no sense of remorse,

We'll stay our plotted course

From this we will not waver

No!

If you want my reasons for

Just why I joined the war

Well I'll tell you, I, I had to

'Cause when they tell you, "Son,

Stand straight and take this gun"

Well they also point one at you

I'm just a rider

A rider on the rail

I'm just a rider on the rail

Where's this train a-going?

Prob'ly straight to hell

But I'm just a rider on the rail

You can call me captain,

You can call me what you will

But I'm just a rider on the rail

I'm just a rider on the rail

Well I'm just a rider on the rail (Etc.)