I ain't gonna tell nobody,
Santa Fe did to me.
I ain't gonna tell nobody
What the Santa Fe did to me.
You know, it taken away my lover,
Sin got my old time, used to be.

You know, I was standin at the station,
When my baby got on board.
I was standin at the station,
When my baby got on board.
Sound like I could here her tellin, "I'm gone this time,"
"Lightnin, I won't be back no more."

You know, that lil' mean old Santa Fe,
Taken my baby away from me.
You know, that lil' mean old Santa Fe,
Taken my baby away from me.
Yeah, she left early one mornin,
She left on the Santa Fe.

You know that old Santa Fe,
Big, bad luck to me.
You know that old Santa Fe,
Big, bad luck to me.
You know, it taken away my lover,
Sin got my old time, used to be

Good Lord, just let me live til tommorow,
I'm gonna send you another prayer.
This is taped.
Yes, til tommorow,
This black man gonna send you another prayer.
You know, sometimes I begin to wonder,
What in the world am I doin over here?

You don't love me no more, baby,
And I can't see the reason why.

You don't love me no more, baby,
Po' Lightnin can't see the reason why.
You know, I never told you no story,
If you don't understand that,
And I never have told you a lie.

Yeah, the birds was singin,
And the wind begin to blow.
Yeah, the birds was singin,
You know, the wind begin to blow.
You know when a pigeon joined in and went to singin,
I never heard such a sweet voice before.

You know a pigeon mean more than one that fly in the air?
It can be a stool pigeon, you know that's, you know what that is?
One that sit on a stool and pimp to the law.
That is a pigeon.

I want everybody understand me so they know,
I just done give up and I ain't gonna try,
To live they life no more,
No, no more.
You know, I ain't gonna find no Heavan here,
Now, no place on Earth I go