Your mother don't cry Your daddy don't go The spies don't let the government know The water don't rise Living on the railroad Your brother don't lie Your lover don't cheat The ground wont fall From under your feet and the wind don't blow Livin on the railroad Living on the railroad, living on the railroad Your colour don't fade Your sorrow don't show The shadow don't follow wherever you go The butter don't melt livin' on the railroad Your cards don't lose Your brakes don't fail The rain comes down to cover your trail But the wind don't blow living on the railroad Living on the railroad, living on the railroad Living on the railroad, living on the railroad Thunder, lightening, Stealing, fighting Crashing, cryin, breakin', dyin', Failing, fallin', lyin' Greed These are the things I never see Living on the railroad, living on the railroad Living on the railroad, living on the railroad.