I lost everything I had in the '29 flood

The barn was buried 'neath a mile of mud

Now I've got nothing but the whistle and the steam

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

I said, hey, hey, I don't know what to do

I will remember you

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

Now there's a fellow that's preaching 'bout hell and damnation

Bouncing off the walls of the Grand Central Station

I treated her bad, I treated her mean

Baby's leaving town on the 2:19

I said, hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Hey, I don't know what to do

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

Now I've always been puzzled by the yin and the yang

It'll come out in the wash, but it always leaves a stain

Sturm and Drang, the luster and the sheen

My baby's leaving town on the -

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey, I will remember you

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

Lost the baby with the water, and the preacher stole the bride

Sent her out for a bottle, but when she came back inside

She didn't have my whiskey, didn't have my gin

With a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin

I said, hey, hey, I will remember you

Yeah baby, I will remember you

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

On the train you get smaller, as you get farther away

The roar covers everything you wanted to say

Was that a raindrop or a tear in your eye?

Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye?

Hey, hey, I will remember you

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do

Oh baby

My baby's leaving town on the 2:19

I will remember you

I don't know what to do, baby