DOESN'T ANYBODY KNOW MY NAME
(aka TWO-TEN, SIX-EIGHTEEN)
(Rod McKuen)

The Kingston Trio - 1963
Rod McKuen - 1965
Waylon Jennings - 1966

Also recorded by: 
Vince Hill; Johnny Cash; The Stonemans; Jimmie Rodgers.




As recorded by Rod McKuen:

I've been away so long
Fought a war that's come and gone
Doesn't anybody know my name

My sister's up and wed
My Momma's took to bed
Now my old dog Red's gone lame

Please tell me if you can
What time do the trains roll in
Two-ten, six-eighteen
Ten-forty-four

The hedge is turnin' brown
The house is fallin' down
Doesn't anybody know my name

The girl I left behind
She's run off to Caroline
I don't have to read a sign
To know things ain't the same

Please tell me if you can
What time do the trains roll in
Two-ten, six-eighteen
Ten-forty-four

You can't go far away
On just a soldier's pay
Doesn't anybody know my name

Used to be when I could see
Everybody wanted me
Now nobody comes to see
The blind man catch the train

Please tell me if you can
What time do the trains roll in
Two-ten, six-eighteen
Ten-forty-four


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As recorded by Waylon Jennings:

I've been away for so long
Fought a war that's come and gone
Doesn't anybody know my name

My sister upped and wed
Mom was sick and took to bed
And my old dog Red's gone lame

Please tell me if you can
What time the trains roll in
(Two-ten, six-eighteen)
Ten-forty-four

The old house is fallin' down
There ain't no need in me a-hangin' round
Doesn't anybody know my name

The girl I left behind
She's gone with a friend of mine
I don't have to see a sign
To know things ain't the same

Please tell me if you can
What time the trains roll in
(Two-ten, six-eighteen)
Ten-forty-four

You can't get far away
On just a soldier's pay
Doesn't anybody know my name

Used to be when I could see
Everybody wanted me
Guess nobody cares to see
A blind man catch a train

Please tell me if you can
What time the trains roll in
(Two-ten, six-eighteen)
Ten-forty-four


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As recorded by The Kingston Trio 
(under the title "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen"):

I've been away so long
Fought a war that's come and gone
Doesn't anybody know my name

My sister's up and wed 
And mama's took to bed
Doesn't anybody know my name

Please tell me, if you can
What time do the trains roll in 
Two-ten, six-eighteen, ten forty-four

The hedge is turning brown 
And the fence is falling down
Doesn't anybody know my name

The girl I left behind 
Has gone to Caroline
Doesn't anybody know my name

Please tell me, if you can
What time do the trains roll in 
Two-ten, six-eighteen, ten forty-four

Fought that war across the sea
Almost died to keep us free
Doesn't anybody know my name

Now I'm home and no one cares
Seems that trouble's are only theirs
Doesn't anybody know my name

Please tell me, if you can
What time do the trains roll in 
Two-ten, six-eighteen, ten forty-four

Doesn't anybody know my name


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(Transcriptions by Mel Priddle - November 2010)


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