| Watching the long faces | 
| Riding this run down track | 
| And the lost places | 
| From a dream that never brings them back | 
| And the sad truth is | 
| Nothing but a cold hard fact | 
| I’m riding the blue train | 
| Over the miles yet to cover | 
| A ghost in a hurry to fade | 
| I’m taking it one way to nowhere | 
| Afraid you might be there | 
| To find me inside this blue train | 
| Counting the burned bridges | 
| Trailing this rusted wreck | 
| As our back pages | 
| Scatter in the dust we left | 
| Like a pearl necklace | 
| Falling from around my neck | 
| I’m riding the blue train | 
| Over the miles yet to cover | 
| A ghost in a hurry to fade | 
| I’m taking it one way to nowhere | 
| Afraid you might be there | 
| To find me inside this blue train | 
| Away down the low road | 
| A ticket to an empty room | 
| A rendezvous unknown | 
| I’m riding the blue train | 
| Over the miles yet to cover | 
| A ghost in a hurry to fade | 
| And I’m taking it one way to nowhere | 
| Afraid you might be there | 
| To find me inside this blue train | 
| I’m riding the blue train | 
| Over the miles yet to cover | 
| A ghost in a hurry to fade | 
| I’m taking it one way to nowhere | 
| Afraid you might be there | 
| To find me inside this blue train | 
| Keyboards: Robbie Buchanan | 
| Acoustic Guitar: Mark Casstevens | 
| Electric Guitar: Dean Parks | 
| Pedal Steel Guitar: Ben Keith | 
| Bass Guitar: Leland Sklar | 
| Drums & Percussion: Jim Keltner | 
| Background Vocals: Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt | 
| Arranged by Linda Ronstadt |