The trains are gone, the trains are gone Spent like the coal they once rolled on The rails don't hum, the bows don't bump No brake-men yodelin' those rail yard songs Granddad's ranch dried up fast Ol' Johnny Chisum, he's seen to that He's seen to that, matter of fact Just as sure as Billy-boy got slain by Pat I know I'm young, I know I'm young I've seen too few a settin' sun But the more I run the changes come Swift as a freight train, the kind that's gone The trains are gone, the trains are gone Spent like the coal they once rolled on