The train went off the track The night she took me back And I cried God have mercy But God He was gone I heard the brakes a squeal I felt the crush of steel And I cried God have mercy But God He was gone Oh what a night oh what a night What a strange dark night Boots upon my back My spine just up and snapped And I cried God have mercy But God He was gone And there my life did end Alone without a friend And I cried God have mercy But God he was gone Oh what a night oh what a night What a strange dark night Oh what a night oh what a night What a strange dark night