Down In The Track Lyrics - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits - The Doobie Brothers

Tom Johnston 

I been workin' the whole day long 

On these railroad ties singin' a sad, sad song 

Down the track is a bad way to live 

The boss man's whip is all he's got to give 

And late at night in the twilight of the South 

They put you in a cell and let the bulldogs out 

The old cat down the way 

Well he's singin' out the blues 

'Cause he's got no one back home 

Oh, somebody sighed 

Related 

The Best Karaoke Songs Ever, Ranked 

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody video hits 1 billion views on YouTube 

NEW SONG: Blink-182 - 'Happy Days' Lyrics 

Next day comes they send you back out on the track 

All that sweat be drippin' down off your back 

Everybody's singin' a workin' man's song 

Hopin' they don't have to feel the whip on their bone 

The water boy slowly works his way around 

A bucket full of swamp water weighin' him down 

Old Squezer Walker just fell out on the ground 

And they're draggin' his body away 

Oh, my, my, my 

Well, there's talk around camp 

That there's gonna be a fight 

Old Razor Face and Willie Black 

The meanest dudes in sight 

One's got a razor and the other's got a knife 

But only one's gonna walk out alive 

Photos 

Oh, baby, mama, get me out of here 

Can't stand no more 

This place is gonna be the death of me 

Believe to my soul that I gotta be free 

There's only one way that it's every gonna be 

That's when the angels come and take me away 

Well, now 

Oh, baby, mama, get me out of here 

Can't stand no more 

This place is gonna be the death of me 

Believe to my soul that I gotta be free 

There's only one way that it's every gonna be 

That's when the angels come and take me away 

Well, now