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