when i was young
i spent my summer days playin' on the track. the sound of the wheels rollin' on the steel took me out
took me back. big train from memphis
big train from memphis
now it's gone gone gone
gone gone gone. like no one before
he let out a roar
and i just had to tag along. each night i went to bed with the sound in my head
and the dream was a song. well i've rode 'em in and back out again - you know what they say about trains;
but i'm tellin' you when that memphis train came through
this ol' world was not the same.