Chuck Berry
In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama
Working on the railroad with a steel drivin' hammer
I got to get some money, buy some brand new shoes
Try to find somebody take away these blues
"She don't love me," hear 'em singin' in the sun
Payday comin' when my work is all done
Early in the evening when the sun is sinking low
All day I been waitin' for the whistle to blow
Sittin' in a teepee built right on the track
Rollin' them bones 'til the foreman come back
Pick up your belongings boys and scatter about
We got an off-schedule train comin' two miles out
Everybody's scramblin' and jumpin' around
Pickin' up the money, tearin' the teepee down
Foreman's in a panic 'bout to go insane
Tryin' to get the workers out the way of the train
Engineer blowin' the whistle loud and long
Can't stop the train hafta let it roll on