Saw smokestack lightnin' Heard clickety-clack Lord, it was frightenin' Comin' down that track How I went runnin' Took the short way home That train man gunnin' Off his iron throne Oh, blowin' in the night Eyes wide open Sin in broad daylight Swallow, till you're chokin' Sowed all the oats Up came the wheat I thought I smelled sulfur From all my deeds I wanted pleasure Didn't worry how Up came the mirror Out came a howl It came at daybreak That darkness fled I heard the whistle inside my head Roared right through town Like the 6: 15 Straight down that track Like I had never seen Sun rose like lightnin' An' roun' my brain Saw some kinda shadow Leave the rails I wanted pleasure Didn't worroy how Up came the mirror Out came a howl Roared right through town Like the 6: 15 Straight down that track Like I had never seen Jus' like a runaway train