Southwind, you picked her up in Jacksonville And left me cold and lonesome in the rain Southwind, you took her off to Nashville Left me chokin' in the smoke behind the train And you go whoo-woo-hoo She's gone a gain on the Southwind Southwind, I need a forty-dollar ticket And about this time tomorrow I'll be gone Southwind, but if I had forty dollars I would by myself a smile to carry on And you go whoo-woo-hoo She's gone a gain on the Southwind Southwind, take her fast and take her far 'Cause that's the way she always likes to go Southwind, I will be waitin' for the round trip If you'll bring her back and I done told her so Don't you go whoo-woo-hoo She's gone again on the Southwind