Downbound Train - Nebraska Outtakes

I had a job, I had a girl I had something going, staying in this world I got laid off down at the auto yard Her love went bad, times got hard Well now I work out at the car wash Where all I live is rain Sometimes don't you feel like you're riding, baby, on a downbound train? She just said Joe, I gotta go

We had her once, we ain't got her anymore

She packed her bags, left me behind She bought a ticket on the Central Line Nights as I sleep I still hear the whistle whine And I feel her soft kiss in the misty morning rain Sometimes don't you feel like you're riding, baby, on a downbound train?

Well last night I heard her voice You were crying, crying, you were so alone You said your love had never died And you were waiting for me at home Well I put on my jacket, I ran through the woods I ran 'til I thought my chest would explode There in a clearing beyond the highway There in the moonlight her wedding now shone I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door And then up the stairs I climbed The room was dark, our bed was empty And then I heard that long whistle whine

And then I dropped to my knees

Held my head and cried Well now I swing a sledgehammer on a railroad gang Knocking down them crossties, working in the rain Sometimes don't it feel like you're riding, baby, on a downbound train?