born like everyone with a slate as clean baby grew
into a boy started building steam boy leared to blow
it off in dangerous kind of way well fellas here he come that runaway train
now hear his lonsome cry barrelin ' down that track
out of controll his soul dressed in black
sounds to every man thats broken the chain
rolling rolling rolling like a runnaway train
it ain't easy to do your best when life comes at you fast
on his own so early on too young for such a task took
the bull by the horn sometime that bull was mean and
only at it stroking on that runnaway train

rolling rolling rolling like a runnaway train

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm i hear that train a commmin
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm hey porter oh porter
hmmmmmmmmmmm i dont care if i do da do

married young and daddy soon his life was right track
something rummbled in his soul that he had lack he
had to to chase that melody that fueled a childhood
dream there ain't no holding back that runnaway train

rolling rolling rolling like a runnaway train
hmmmmmmm i hear that train a commin
hmmmmmmmhey porter oh porter
hmmmmmmmmm i dont care if i do da do