goinaway

Goin’ Away

Is that the moon I see over there in the West,
Or the head-light gleam, C & O express?
I know she’s gone, whatever can I say,
It won’t be long ‘til I ma-up my mind and go a-way.

Bridge:
Did you see that man he can’t hear the whistle,
Blind old fool caught out on the trestle.
Can’t go up & he can’t go back,
Train kept coming brushed him off the track.
Other storms may

Is that the sun coming up on the eastern shore,
Or just the coal bed glow behind the firebox door?
But it won’t be long ‘til I make up my mind
And go away.
(bridge)

Other storms may blow and the wind may rise,
Still I long to go where the fast mail flies.
I know she’s gone, whatever I ay,
But it wont be long ‘til I make p my mind
And go away.
(repeat bridge and last verse)

Copyright c1973 Bruce Phillips