My Train Rolled Up In Texas Songtext
von Big Joe Turner

My train rolled up in Texas
My wife is in old New York
My train rolled up in Texas
My wife is in old New York
And I′m all alone
'Cause I spent two years in the dark

I like to call my baby
Call her on the telephone
I like to call my baby
Call her on the telephone
But every time I ring her
There ain′t nobody home

It's mighty hot in Texas
But I don't like sleepin′ by myself
It′s mighty hot in Texas
But I don't like sleepin′ by myself
Especially when the woman I'm lovin′
Is sleepin' with somebody else
That bugs the hell outta me


She′s a little bitty girl
They call her Miss Viola Lee
She's a little bitty girl
They call her Miss Viola Lee
Well, the poor girl's gone
But she sure was good to me

She used to rock me in the mornin′
Rock me late at night
She used to rock me in the mornin′
Rock me late at night
I'm tellin′ the truth, boy
That little girl is sure alright

Well, we done the boogie
On the deck, on the land, and on the floor
We done the boogie
On the land and on the floor
Well, the bed broke down
Man, she was creepin' for more

I can stand right here
See a thousand miles away
I can stand right here
See a thousand miles away
I can see my baby with another man
And they′re gettin' ready to do their thing on the bed


That made me worry
Cry all night and day
Well, I got so worried
I cried all night and day
It′s hot in hell in Texas
Things ain't goin' my way

I′m gonna reach out
And grab my arm a great big plane
I′m gonna reach out
And grab something in my arm like a great big plane
I'm going to see that woman
Before I go insane

It′s mighty hot in Texas
I'm gonna turn the air condition on
It′s mighty hot in Texas
I got to turn the air condition on
Then I'm gonna jump steady
Hold my baby in my arms

Engineer blow the whistle
The fireman ringing the bell
Engineer′s blowin' the whistle
The fireman's ringing the bell
It′s a slow train through Texas
Man, and I′ll be catchin' hell

My train′s in Texas
My wife is in old New York
My train's in Texas
And my wife is in old New York
I′m lonesome, I'm lonesome
′Cause I spent two years in the dark