Well they say you live & learn but it really seems more to me
Like all along i've been learning how to live
Well for years i been drifting like a boat lost out at sea

I've been out walking them ties on the railroad of sin

Looking back on my life now at some of the things i done

Makes me wanna hang my head in shame
I was a no good no account low down heartbreaker
On that railroad of sin i was a highballing trai


I'm just a poor boy had to beg steal & borrow
Just a leaf blowing lonesome in the wind

I'm just a hitchhiker on that old highway of sorrow
Just a highballing train on that railroad of sin


Well you won't feel it and you won't hear it coming
Cause when she's rolling slow it don't make a sound
But i got that throttle to ten on the railroad of sin

I'm coming off of the rails and i can't slow it down