woke up last night in a cold sweat
thinking I had gone and lost my mind again
I felt the whole house shakin'
it was quakin' things were breaking
I was thinking I was gonna be dead
when a man come up
with no flesh on his bones said
"Son give me your ticket please."
said "It's all the same to you
the hell you doing in my room?"
I think I need an explanation please."
he said
"Got no time to shake lip now."
"Gonna take a little trip babe."
"You ain't going insane but uh
you on a hellbound train."
"Why me?! I'm too young to die!"
"And I'm too goddamn pretty!"
he said
"Cause you smoke like a chimney,
getting high and acting crazy,
you been drinkin' like a Kennedy,
you been causing folks stitches,
putting bodies in ditches."
"That's when it occurred to me
we need a man like you
to come and show us what to do
and come and put you on a train down south."
"So sit back and relax
cause this train is on track."
"And baby... SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"
"You on a one way ride."
"Sit back and baby don't cry."
"All your screams are in vain..."
"You on a hellbound train."
hellbound train
rolling down the track he said
hellbound train
"We won't be coming back." he said
hellbound train
"Keep rolling keep rolling."
hellbound train
"I'm allowed to take your soul yea."
hellbound train
"All night and all day."
hellbound train
"Gonna keep the train moving."
hellbound train
"All night all night."
hellbound train yea
I said "Let me live."
"I need to go."
"I gotta drink some more
I need more whores in my life."
said "I can't be dead
I got more life to live."
"But dammit just give me one more day."
he said "Nobody wants to die
but this time is YOUR time."
"That's all I got to say."
"There is just one way
to get yourself
out of this mess you're in."
"You gotta dedicate your whole life to Satan."
"You gotta dedicate your life to sin."
"THIS I can oblige."
"Drop me out there by the track side."
"Turn me loose I won't never be the same."
I jumped that hellbound train...