Lyrics

(I’m Just a Mule) On the Wagon Train of Life
 
Well I’ve rode these trails for many years
I’ve paved my way
In blood and tears.
And when that sun walks
The lonesome mile.
My day is through
I’ve got to smile.
 
And it goes
Do, do, do...
They’re singing in the coal mine.
Ain’t it fine, fine, fine
To be busting through the state line.
Any time, time, time
I’m a destined to arrive
I’m just a mule on the wagon train of life.

My days they pass like shooting stars
Side by side
Like railway cars.
In the midnight sky
They give off light
My past is dark
The future’s bright.

And it goes
Do, do, do...
They’re singing in the coal mine.
Ain’t it fine, fine, fine
To be busting through the state line.
Any time, time, time
I’m a destined to arrive
I’m just a mule on the wagon train of life.
 
Well there ain’t nothing in this world
That can break my back
I’ve seen it all before
And as a matter of fact
There’s a lesson to be learned
Here in the U S of A
It comes with experience
Said a night-by-night and a day-by-day.
You can do what you’re told,
You can shoulder your load,
You can run, you can hide
But it’s still the same old road…
  
And when the only light I see
Is the gaslight on my 803
My heart grows heavy      
But not for long
I sing myself a simple song

And it goes     
Do, do, do
They’re coming out the coal mine
Ain’t it fine, fine, fine
In the West Virginia sunshine
Any time, time, time
Darling I’m a destined to arrive,
Said I’m just a fool on the path between wrong and right.
I said a mule on the wagon train of life.