Well I heard that child come a-runnin
On down the line
Sayin’ the brakeman in the knuckle
Lord I heard her cry
Well, that child a-runnin
Runnin’ on down the line
Sayin’ the knuckle got the brakeman
Lord I heard her cry
Well, my foreman grabbed a rope
I didn’t know why
Said we’ll have to tie that leg off
Or that boy will die
Ohhh we grabbed a rope
But I didn’t know why
Said we’ll have to tie the leg off son
I fear that boy could die
Breakdown
When we got down to the brakeman
bleedin’ out on the slag
Cryin now don’t cha take me
home without my leg
Lord we got him,
He’s bleeding on the slag
He cryin don’t cha take me home to my mother without my leg
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INTRO 4 bars
Now someone held his hand
Someone made the call
We felt the train move
I watched the brakeman fall
Oh they held his hand
And then they made the call
We felt the train move
I watched the brakeman fall
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Well we gathered up the brakeman
Gonna take him home
he’s lyin out on the shoulder now
‘he’s eyes as cold as stone
Well we thought we’d pick him up
And we take him home
When I looked down in his face
his eyes as cold as stone
But I dreamt I saw the brakeman
He’s walkin’ away
Casting that shadow just as
as long as day
Well I, well I saw him
Well I saw him walk away
He casting that long, thin shadow
Shadow as long as day.
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