Skinny white knees
Ain't no breeze
Down by the trestle
Blackberry grin
Runnin' down her chin
Dark as pitch oil
Lyin' on our backs
Right by the tracks
Ain't gonna want no supper

Don't cry for me
Oh, when I die
Just mark my grave
With a railroad tie
In an old pine box
Honey, lay me low
And seal it up with creosote

Me and Randy Joe
We know where to go
When we gotta get closer
We run and found
A little patch of ground
Where the cars pass over
Stars lookin' down
I lost it to the sound
Of a Carolina freight line howlin'

Don't cry for me
Oh, when I die
Just mark my grave
With a railroad tie
I ain't got no use
For streets of gold
Honey, heaven smells like creosote

If where I'm going looks like where I've been
They're 'bout to
Paint my wings black as sin

Don't cry for me (don't cry for me)
Honey, when I die (darlin', when I die)
You better mark my grave (mark my grave)
With a railroad tie (with a railroad tie)
In an old pine box
Honey, lay me low
You seal it up with creosote
Seal it up with creosote

Don't cry for me