My baby's gone and I'm alone
And the leaves turn brown in the town
What can I say? I hope someday
She'll return to me just to see
My living is sad 'cos all I had
Now is far away from her way
But I keep her smile and just for a while
I would like to see her on my knee
Babe I'll be not the same
Baby please stop the train
Come to me just to see
That you are in my love's stream
CHORUS REPEAT
Where are you now? I'm feeling down
I can't find the dove of your love
Don't leave me long you know I'm strong
But my heart is not like a stone
CHORUS REPEATI am just a poor girl
Trying to get back home
Waiting by the station
Barefoot on the stones
Seven years from Ponchatoula
Not one penny in my hand
Please mister help me
I come so far I cannot stand
He said We don't take no riders
No riders on this train
Go on ask the brakeman
He'll tell you just the same
I don't take no riders
Don't take no riders on this train
Best move on down the line, mama
Go on back from where you came
I done left my mama
When I was but a child
Took off with a young man
Started running wild
Seven years from Ponchatoula
Ain't nothin' gone my way
Please mister help me
Can't you hear a word I say?
He said We don't take no riders
No riders on this train
Go on ask the brakeman
He'll tell you just the same
I don't take no riders
Don't take no riders on this train
Best move on down the line, mama
Go on back from where you came