A Train Not Running Chris Knight/Stacy Dean Campbell The sound of a train not running has been keeping me awake The Westmoreland mine ain't run no coal Since back in '88 I got on at the sawmill But I’ve got to find a better way Or the sound of a train not running is gonna carry me away Every time you look at me Mary I want to tell you someday We’ll leave the sound of a train not running A thousand miles away I don't want to risk my freedom Growing crops on company land But it'd be a damned sight better Than a government check in my hand I used to bring home good money You used to drive a decent car But now we go to town on Saturday And it seems a little too far Every time you look at me marry I want to tell you someday We’ll leave the sound of a train not running A thousand miles away Now some nights when our baby cries I feel a twinge of fear When the sound of a train not running Is the only thing I hear And every time you look at me Mary I want to tell you someday We’ll leave the sound of a train not running A thousand miles away