Now i've been here a month or more stocked in this ol' city People who have to call it home they were ones i pitty Lord i'm homesick blues're only songs i ever sing and pick I get out and walk the streets like the blisters on my feet i'm southbound [ banjo - dobro ] Now i'm all right too late at night i'm sittin' by my window I count sheep but i can't sleep but listen to the train though i began to fine When i hear that great big engine rollin' down the line I'm goin' back to spend some time where i can't fall when i ain't got a dime I'm southbound [ ac.guitar - harmonica ] Southbound she's burnin' the ground and i don't mean maybe Sure i'm glad i caught this train i wanna see my baby Lord i'm lonesome i long to see those hills where i come from Listen that engine's lonesome roar takin' me back home once more i'm southbound