The man you love Has gone, my dear He's waltzed into the wind That train sounds off Most every night And it whistles right through your skin The nights they grow So long, so cold The blankets they wear thin She weeps by her door with a 12 gauge in hand In case he ever shows up again She weeps by her door with a 12 gauge in hand Dreams that he's there with her now He helped dig his grave With his cold, calloused hands And whispers I'm watching you now Cause the man you love Has gone, my dear He's waltzed into the wind That train sounds off Most every night And it whistles right through your skin So batter down The mountain, my love Fight for what you hold so dear These hills are alive With the lies that he told you Right before he disappeared And sleep like you haven't In years, my love Dream that he's right there beside These nights grow so cold And these nights grow so long But your shotgun shoots 16 men wide Cause the man you love Has gone, my dear He's waltzed into the wind That train sounds off Most every night And it whistles right through your skin