Gather round a corner, half a mile from here 
See those long trains runnin and watch them disappear 

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Without love, where would you be (right) now 
Without love 

Know I saw Mrs. Lucy down along the tracks 
She lost her home and her family and she won't be comin' back 

CHORUS 

Got the Illinois Central and the Southern Central Freight 
Got to keep on pushin' mama, you know they're runnin' late 

CHORUS 

REPEAT THIRD VERSE 
CHORUS 

Well pistons keep on turnin and wheels go round and round 
And steel rail black cold and hard and the miles as they go down 

CHORUS 
Oh, where would you be now?