I can feel the wheels are turning underneath my feet
As I pull the shade down on my window seat
Praying where I'm going is better than where I've been
Then a stranger sits down as if he's right at home
Touches me and says, "I see you're traveling alone
And by the way, son, you forgot to say amen"
He says, "I guess there's something here I need to explain
I try to talk to everyone riding this train
Some of them listen, but most don't pay me no mind"
And the train keeps rolling
And the world keeps turning
All aboard, all aboard
Everybody's gotta get on board
Take that woman with the frown sitting 'cross the aisle
With her briefcase open, nigh on 90 miles
She never even noticed that lake back at Horseshoe Bend
And that couple with the kids at the front of the car
Fussing all the way 'bout some cookie jar
I'm gonna ask them what they saw at their journey's end
And there's a fellow I left sitting in the back
Keeps a smile on his face through a paper sack
Looking out the window, but he can't see past the pain
And the train keeps rolling (the train keeps rolling)
And the world keeps turning (the world keeps turning)
All aboard, all aboard
Everybody's gotta get on board
Then the train slows down unexpectedly
As I raise my blind, he slaps my knee
Saying, "This is my stop, son, but you won't be traveling alone"
I look out my window to wave him goodbye
But there's nobody there, just a light in the sky
I lose my breath and my blood runs cold as stone
Then I feel the wheels turning underneath my feet
But life looks different from my window seat
Knowing where I'm going is better than where I've been
And the train keeps rolling (the train keeps rolling)
And the world keeps turning (the world keeps turning)
All aboard, all aboard
Everybody's gotta get on board
I can feel the wheels a-turnin' underneath my feet