Hear that steam whistle blowing
Over the hills and through the wind
Hear it blowing for you and for him
Hear it blowing for you and for him
And it will blow through the leaves and through the trees
And it will blow through the cobweb of the years
And it will shunt up the tracks ever going
And it will be like the travelling tears
It will ever go from midnight til the morning
And blow through the hills and trees
And yes you can hear that steam train blow out its warning
For it's crying those travelling tears
And sometimes joy in the joining of two people
Sometimes force through the course of the years
Sometimes loss in the pain of separation
Oh they're departing with travelling tears
In the heat in the hour of conversation
They can speak on the platform standing near
And if you wait there for me at the station
You'll be crying those travelling tears
Yes you can hear the steam train blow out its warning
It is a hoot, a toot through the years
It says decide on your final destination
Or you'll feel those travelling tears
Or you'll shed those travelling tears
In the truth of the pale last question
You can ask me about all my fears
Well I'll know when you meet me at the station
You will cry those travelling tears
You will cry those travelling tears