There was a morning train used to come on through
When this sleepy town was alive
And ev'ry Sunday we would come and see
Some mighty fancy people arrive
Oh, they arrived aboard the milk train
There was a well-dressed lady from the city
Used to always give me her smile
And she looked so fine, she was sweet and kind
She let me get to know her a while
Oh, for a little while
Back when the milk train used to rumble my shack
Used to stop outside o' my door
But now the milk train doesn't stop by here anymore
Now I still live in that railroad shack
And I wander down that rusty old track
Like a lonely old-timer, out of my mind
Lookin' for that lady who was sweet and kind to me
When the milk train used to rumble my shack
Used to stop outside o' my door
But now the milk train doesn't come by here anymore
Now the only thing to come on through
Is a Jimmy-John now and then
And I dream of the day she'll come back this way
And let me get to know her again
Oh, like way back when
Back when the milk train used to rumble my shack
Used to stop outside o' my door
But now the milk train doesn't come by here anymore
Oh, the milk train used to rumble my shack
Used to stop outside o' my door
But now the milk train doesn't come by here anymore