Discover the story of the song > Smoke Along the Track – Stonewall Jackson

The protagonist in the song is a wanderer who loves to travel and cannot stay in one place for too long. He has a girlfriend who doesn't understand his need to keep moving and gets upset when he leaves. He always says goodbye to her in the smoke by the train tracks, knowing that he will come back eventually, but he can't resist the call to travel when he hears the train whistle blow.