Engines rev and trumpets roar 
I don't hear your voice no more 
And living isn't worth the fear of dying 
Wrapped up package torn up clothes 
Empty days and deep dark holes 
The only thing that keeps a man from crying 

Oh if I don't get you back I'll fall upon a railroad track 
And let the steel wheels cut right through my bones 
Oh if I don't get you back I'll cover up my bloody tracks 
With sorrow hopes and hide my dying pride 
Oh cause I'm alive 

Whispers in a losers dream 
Holding on to not a thing 
Cause these arms now are paralyzed without you to hold 
Bold with crazy have no fear 
Children cry and then I hear 
The message my lies tell me in my dreams 

Oh if I don't get you back I'll fall upon a railroad track 
And let the steel wheels cut right through my bones 
Oh if I don't get you back I'll cover up my bloody tracks 
With sorrow hopes and hide my dying pride 
Oh cause I'm alive 

Maybe if I caught the rain 
In pails that filter out the pain 
I'd realize why you had to go 
Days of lightning show the way 
And night time creeps and holds at bay 
The missing you, the mean, the cold, the ugly 

Oh if I don't get you back I'll fall upon a railroad track 
And let the steel wheels cut right through my bones 
Oh if I don't get you back I'll cover up my bloody tracks 
With sorrow hopes and hide my dying pride 
Oh cause I'm alive