[1989 version]
I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar through the night
It doesn't matter where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I light
I've been to cities, I've been to countries
I've left a lover in many towns
I don't care if I ever get back to
Where I'd already been around
I'm like an eagle, I like to fly high
I'm like a snake, I like to lay low
I'm like a black man, I'm like a white man
Maybe a red man, I don't know
I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar through the night
It doesn't matter where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I light
[Ragged Glory outtake version]
I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar through the night
It doesn't matter where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I light
I've been to cities, I've been to countries
I've left a lover in many towns
I don't care if I ever get back to
Where I already been around
I'm like an eagle, I like to fly high
I'm like a snake, I like to lay low
I'm like a black man, maybe a white man
Could be a red man, I don't know
I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar through the night
It doesn't matter where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I light
[Chrome Dreams II version]
I'm like an eagle, I like to fly high
I'm like a snake, I like to lay low
I'm like a black man, I'm like a white man
Maybe a red man, I don't know
I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride a boxcar through the night
It doesn't matter where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I light
When the coastline is under water
And the desert line is under dust
And the mountain line is closed forever
In the great spirit I place my trust
I'm just a passenger on this old freight train
I ride a boxcar through the night
It doesn't matter where I might get off
It doesn't matter where I light