[INTRO] [VERSE 1] Clickity-clack, clickity-clack Steel wheels singing down the track Coal smoke curling through the rain Black iron heart of a midnight train Boxcar doors are rattling hard Freight cars sitting in the yard Red lights pulsing in the rain Then the whistle calls again [PRE-CHORUS] Switchman throws the lever Hear the couplers groan One more town behind me One more mile alone [CHORUS] Clickity-clack, roll on down Past the old lumber mill town Clickity-clack, through the rain Pull me deeper down the line Signal light is flashing red Steel rails singing overhead Till the last old mile is gone Clickity-clack, keep rolling on [VERSE 2] Moonlight flickers through the slats Shadows jumping off the tracks Freight cars rocking side to side Cold wind cutting through the night Crossing bells are ringing slow Headlight sweeps the fields below Trestle thunder underneath River running black and deep [PRE-CHORUS] Hear the brakes start screaming Feel the whole train sway Then the throttle opens And it pulls me far away [CHORUS] Clickity-clack, roll on down Past the lights of another town Clickity-clack, through the rain Pull me deeper down the line Signal light is flashing red Steel rails singing overhead Till the last old mile is gone Clickity-clack, keep rolling on [BRIDGE] I’ve slept beneath a loading dock Warmed my hands beside a switchyard clock Watched the locomotives breathe their smoke While the dawn came crawling through the oak Every rail has got a story Every town has got a name But the wheels don’t stop to hear them They just carry me away [BREAKDOWN] Clickity-clack… Clickity-clack… Couplers pulling… Steel rails calling… Clickity-clack… Clickity-clack… Hear that whistle crying… [FINAL CHORUS] Clickity-clack, roll on down Past the lights of another town Clickity-clack, through the rain Pull me deeper down the line Signal light is flashing red Steel rails singing overhead Till the last old mile is gone Clickity-clack, keep rolling on Clickity-clack… Past the empty yards… Clickity-clack… Past the old boxcars… Clickity-clack… Nothing but the rain… Keep that black train rolling Down the line again [OUTRO] Clickity-clack… Clickity-clack… Coal smoke in the cold night air… Clickity-clack… Clickity-clack… No destination… No one waiting… Just the rails… And the rain… And that old train rolling…
