Tonight we'll meet in the same old place where the lights are low
Cause your folks don't want you and me to be seen
Though I live just across the way you got no right to love
Cause those railroad tracks run in between
If they knew you were meeting me they'd never let you go
I wonder why they have to be so mean
You're a rich man's daughter I'm a poor man's son they can't give us a chance
Cause those railroad tracks run in between
Oh but I'm a gonna work so hard to be somebody
That they'll forget which side of town I'm from
Cause with your love to see me through there's nothing I can't do
But one day they'll be proud to call me son
And so if you can't steal away tomorrow night
Remember that I'll meet you in my dreams
A boy and girl so much in love can't be kept apart
Cause those railroad tracks run in between
Just cause those railroad tracks run in between
Just cause those railroad tracks run in between