Soul Train

Pickett bought me a ticket
When I was just a boy
To the land of a thousand dances
Stole my mama's pride and joy

My hands, they ain't stopped clapping
My toes have been tapping ever since that day
I've been rocking and rolling
To the rhythm of an old soul train

I spent all my time and money
Daydreaming, spinning 45s
Rode the rails right through Philly
On to Detroit and down the line

When I pulled into Alabama
I sat with Otis on the dock of the bay
We were rocking and rolling
To the rhythm of that old soul train

And the train went, ooh-ooh
Party's pulling into town, ooh-ooh
Best you get up on it now, ooh-ooh
Take a ride with me
All aboard the old soul train

Spent some rainy nights in Georgia
Found my thrills up on blueberry hill
I heard the gospel through the Grapevine
Always has and it always will

Make the girls go, ooh-ooh
Party's pulling in town, ooh-ooh
Best you get up on it now, ooh-ooh
Take a ride with me
All aboard the old soul train

And the train goes, ooh-ooh
Party's pulling into town, ooh-ooh
Best you get up on it now, ooh-ooh
Take a ride with me
All aboard the old soul train

And the train goes, ooh-ooh
Party's pulling into town, ooh-ooh
Best you get up on it now, ooh-ooh
Take a ride with me
All aboard the old soul train

I say, all aboard the old soul train
I say, all aboard the old soul train

Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
All aboard the old soul train

Everybody on the old soul train

Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
All aboard the old soul train