Marshall Crenshaw

Who Stole That Train

Marshall Crenshaw


Who stole that train off the track? 
Whoever took it better come and put it back 
I heard that engine whistle blow 
It should have been here long ago (now) 
Who stole that train off the track? 
My baby wrote and said that she 
Was coming home on "93" but 
who stole that train off the track? 
I been waitin' here since early dawn 
The depot's closed, the agents gone 
Who stole that train off the track? 
(I said a) Who stole that train off the track? 
Who stole that train that was bringin' my girl back? 
I heard that lonesome whistle blow 
It should have been here long ago 
Who stole that train off the track? 
Well I looked above me in the sky 
and saw the smoke a risin' high but 
who stole that train off the track? 
That smoke was hangin' in the air 
but there was no engine anywhere 
(now) Who stole that train off the track? 
(I said a) who stole that train off the track? 
Who stole that train that was bringin' my girl back 
Someone's playin' a joke on me 
They'd better bring my baby 
Who stole that train off the track? 
Well I looked and saw a cloud of steam 
and plainly heard a whistle scream but 
who stole that train off the track? 
And I looked again with all my might 
But still no engine came in sight (now) 
Who stole that train off the track? 
(I said a) who stole that train off the track? 
Whoever took it better come and put it back 
I heard that engine whistle blow 
It should have been here long ago (now) 
Who stole that train off the track?