I am just a poor girl Trying to get back home Waiting by the station Barefoot on the stones Seven years from Ponchatoula Not one penny in my hand Please mister help me I come so far I cannot stand He said We don't take no riders No riders on this train Go on ask the brakeman He'll tell you just the same I don't take no riders Don't take no riders on this train Best move on down the line, mama Go on back from where you came I done left my mama When I was but a child Took off with a young man Started running wild Seven years from Ponchatoula Ain't nothin' gone my way Please mister help me Can't you hear a word I say? He said We don't take no riders No riders on this train Go on ask the brakeman He'll tell you just the same I don't take no riders Don't take no riders on this train Best move on down the line, mama Go on back from where you came