Train time man, train time, train time I'm a depot man, I go down to the depot Early in the morning 'fore the sun come up I ain't joking man and I wait for that five o ten to come up the line I can hear her movin' early in the morning Before the sun come up way down the line She don't stop at this depot man She goes right on through like the crack of dawn But I go out on that depot platform man And I wait for that five o ten to come up the line I go out on that depot platform, I stand right near the edge And I wait for that train to come by me The early in the morning before the sun come up And when that train's come and gone man There is one thing that I know, I'm lying Long as noon, I go out along the road And I watch the road gang lighten up the track I can hear the foreman hollering man Ay, big boy can't you move it, big boy move it Can't you hear that ball of fire Coming down the line man, she's right on time It's okay big boy you got it straighten out Move on down the line This is a small depot, just a dock way out on the line But I'm always right on time, train time