walking back mile a lonely mile to see my girl from kentucky
down the road something on my mind i gotta get to my marie
i've been away so long spend my years in the us penn
i was a bad
bad boy but i'm goin' straight again
i wrote her everyday
i begged her to reply
but she has left me now
i guess i'll die
die
die
running back with lovin' in my heart to get my girl from kentucky
hobotrain keep on down the track till i reach my destiny
the world is larger now i've been free from my six by four
i'm gonna buy me a whole new life when i walk through her door
i only hope and pray
that she'll be waiting by
if she's no longer there
i think i'll die
die
die