When I was young, I spent my summer days
Playin' on the track
The sound of the wheels rollin' on the steel
Took me out, took me back

Big Train from Memphis,
Big Train from Memphis,
Now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone

Like no one before, he let out a roar,
and I just had to tag along
Each night I went to bed with the sound in my head,
And the dream was a song

Big Train from Memphis,
Big Train from Memphis,
Now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone

Well I've rode 'em in and back out again
You know what they say about trains;
But I'm tellin' you when that Memphis train came through,
This ol' world was not the same

Big Train from Memphis,
Big Train from Memphis,
Now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone