Well the devil came to me with the contact in his hands
Said he was lookin' for a pure shovelin' man
"You work for me, son, I'll pay you mighty well
"With a check addressed from hell"

Said "Mr. Devil, man, your deal sounds fine
"Tell me one thing before I sign the dotted line
"If I go workin', boy, you're rollin' down that track
"How will I ever make it back? "

He said "We're goin' ridin' on a hellbound train
"Hellbound Glory, yeah, that's its name"
I just been hired to pile on that coal
And watch them wheels roll

I went a-workin', Lordy, a-workin' on that train
Shovelin' coal into that red-hot flame
And I learned to my dismay
That track went one way

And now I'm ridin' on that hellbound train
Hellbound Glory, yeah, that's its name
I just been hired to pile on that coal
And watch them wheels roll

I don't know where I will go
I only know I pile on the coal
And watch them wheels roll
I will never make it back
I'm all the way down on the hellbound track
Headed straight for hell

And now I'm ridin' on the hellbound train
Hellbound Glory, yeah, that's its name
I just been hired to pile on that coal
And watch them wheels roll

And now I'm ridin' on the hellbound train
Hellbound Glory, yeah, that's its name
I just been hired to pile on that coal
And watch them wheels roll, roll, roll, roll