The clouds started forming Five o'clock p.m. The funnel clouds touched down Five miles north of Russellville The siren's were blowing Clouds spat rain And as the thing came through I swear, it sounded like a train
♪ It came without no warning Said Bobby Jo McLean She and husband Nolen Always loved to watch the rain It sucked him out the window He ain't come home again All she can remember Is that it sounded like a train ♪ Pieces of that truck stop Litter up the highway I've been told And I hear that missing trucker Ended up in Kansas Or maybe it was Oz ♪ The Nightmare Tour ended For my band and me The night all the shit went down A homecoming concert The night the tornadoes hit my hometown The few who braved the weather Got sucked out of the auditorium And I can still remember The sound of their applause in the rain As it echoed through them storm clouds I swear, it sounded like a train