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
just 'Cause those railroad
tracks run in between
Just 'cause those railroad
tracks run in between
Just 'cause those railroad
tracks run in between