The Hellbound Train Lyrics

A drunkard lay on the bar-room floor

he drunk till he could not drink no more

he went to sleep with a troubled brain

and dreamt he was on the Hellbound Train



The train, it flew at an awful pace

the brimstone a-burnin' both hands and face

and worse, and worse the road-bed grew

and faster, and faster the engine flew



He blowed the whistle and rung the bell

and the Devil says "Boys, the next stop is Hell!"

And all of the passengers yelled with pain

and begged the Devil to stop the train



But the Devil laughed at their misery

he hollered and roared and yelled with glee

"You paid your fare with the rest of my load

and you got to ride to the end of the road



You robbed the weak and done wrong to the poor,

turned hungry folks away from your door

you laid out gold till your purses bust

you ruined young gals with your beastly lust



You mocked at God in your stubborn pride

you murdered and killed, and cheated and lied

you double-crossed partners, and cussed and stole

you belong to me, both body and soul



Your bones will burn in the flames that roar

you'll scorch and sizzle from (?) to core"

Then the bar-room rung with an awful scream

as the drunkard awoke from his terrible dream



Down on his knees on the bar-room floor

he prayed as he never had prayed before

his prayers and vows, they were in vain

for his soul was doomed for the Hellbound Train



The Hellbound Train