(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle - Bob Dylan

I was riding number nine

Heading south from caraloine

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

I got in trouble had to roam

I left my gal an' left my home

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Just a kid actin' smart

I went and broke my darling's heart

I guess i was too young to know

They took me off the georgia main

Locked me to a ball and chain

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

All alone i bear the shame

I'm a number not a name

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

All i do is sit an' cry

When that evenin' train goes by

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

I'll be locked here in this cell

Till my body's just a shell

An' my hair turns whiter than snow

I'll never see that gal of mine

I'm in georgia doin' time

I heard that lonesome whistle blow