Goin' Away Lyrics - Flatlanders

by Utah Phillips 

Is that the moon I see 

Over there in the west? 

Or just a headlight beam 

C&O express? 

I know she's gone 

Whatever I say 

And it won't be long 

'Til I make up my mind 

And go away 

Is that the sun coming up 

On that eastern shore 

Or just a coal fire glow 

Behind the firebox door? 

I know she's gone 

Whatever I say 

And it won't be long 

'Til I make up my mind 

And go away. 

See that man? He can't hear the whistle 

The damned old fool's caught out on the trestle 

He can't go forward and he can't go back 

The train kept a-rollin' 

Brushed him off the track 

Other winds may blow 

And the storm will rise 

Still I long to go 

Where the fast mail flies 

I know she's gone 

Whatever I say 

And it won't be long 

'Til I make up my mind 

And go away 

See that man...