Lyrics:
Sometimes you see someone When you've already got someone Still you wonder what if they had come Along, a long time ago You know that they're feeling it too But there ain't nothin' you gonna do Except for imagine who you might have been with them They're not tryin' to make it last Just enjoying each second as they pass ‘Cause as these little brick houses are flying by ‘Neath the flickering of the railcar lights I let myself get lost in your eyes a while Not another passenger in here can see How in my mind you're holdin' me While outside the cold makes snow out of the rain But in here were just strangers on a train Start to smile, I turn my head It's kinda like a spider's web I just can't seem to sake you off So I look your way again You're staring off trying to pretend Like you haven't noticed me at all But don't feel guilty it don't mean much The truth is the two of us ain't never gonna touch ‘Cause as these little brick houses are flying by ‘Neath the flickering of the railcar lights I let myself get lost in your eyes a while Not another passenger in here can see How in my mind you're holdin' me While outside the cold makes snow out of the rain But in here were just strangers on a train Brakes grind, I gotta go Reach down pick up my coat Afraid that you might stop me in the aisle Watch my breath rising in the air I can't do nothing but just stand there As you press your hand against the windowpane And I wave to my stranger on a train My stranger on a train
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways Call it one drink too many Call it pride of a man But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand 'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin We do it over and over and over again We do it over and over and over again Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh I know there's California, Oklahoma And all of the places I ain't ever been to but Down in the valley with whiskey rivers These are the places you will find me hidin' These are the places I will always go These are the places I will always go I am on my way I am on my way I am on my way back to where I started Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh (One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls) Oh-oh-oh-oh (I hear your name) Oh-oh I saw your face in the crowd and you came out You saw me walkin' You got a sign on the door and it reads to me Just like the grass and the sun and the water Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh I am on my way I am on my way I am on my way back to where I started California, Oklahoma And all of the places I ain't ever been to Down in the valley with whiskey rivers These are the places you will find me hidin' These are the places I will always go These are the places I will always go So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Mary wasn't a murderous beast Her trainer drove her to breaking point He was riding her down the street And she just acted on instinct Threw him off, crushed him under her feet The crowd were baying for blood Firing bullets into her thick hide They called for an execution Swinging there from a railcar crane Big Mary was not to blame The crowds ran from the crack of the chains Until they strung her up again She was damned by a kangaroo court A small town's bloodlust satisfied To quell their boredom, an animal slaughtered Not the circus, but entertainment Erwin soon became notorious And in the town who hanged an elephant Her grave is unmarked still Selling fibreglass to salve their conscience Swinging there from a railcar crane Big Mary was not to blame The crowds ran from the crack of the chains Until they strung her up again Oh Mary, what did they do to you?
Across the Urban Jungle Towards the towering poles Old Anthony the cleaner comes riding home from Coles His red bicycle bears him And hard of mood is he Stoutly of his bicycle Oh, best one there could be (Good, Anthony The Cleaner) An hour filled the line With red lights flashing bright And oh the boom gates below Until their shut and right But young Ant' pushes onwards He's done far worse before Hopes to see the other side So he can live once more (Good, Anthony The Cleaner) Now this great bike of Anton The best bike on the streets How fast it was on pavement And to that he repeats: I've beat lights so much shorter When gates were at limit Nor shall this boom gate stop me From saving one minute (Good, Anthony The Cleaner) The Railcar growls a warning The shining solder gleams As the railcar turns its horses To greet the tragic stream But O' the train runs faster Than e'er it moved before Brakes have almost failed And almost nearly swore (Good, Anthony The Cleaner) When fallacy next the tragedy The tracks great lines are bare And, oh body n' limb are flying, 'Till oh they're widespread Fare.
I'm standing on the corner in the middle of the night Begging dollars from people I meet Trying to book a ticket on a one-way ride Up out of these dirty streets And I don't know where I'm going no more I don't know, and I don't care Well the railcars running though these streets so fast I would jump one if they'd just slow down There's killers on the road So it ain't much chance of me trying and hitching around If I had a dollar, I'd find me a game And I bet you I could turn it into five And if I had five I'd book a bullet train And ride it to the end of the line I don't know where I'm going no more I don't know, and I don't care Well Chicago, Cincinnati, New York City, Tucumcari, Amarillo or Los Angeles Saskatoon, Baton Rouge, Miami, Johnson City, or anywhere in between Anywhere but here, anywhere at all, I'm just looking for a change I don't want to see the sun coming up on this dirty little town again I don't know where I'm going no more I don't know, and I don't care I don't know where I'm going no more I don't know, and I don't care
We sold our souls so we can party Don't know if its cause we agree Down here its as simple as i do allow That's something I didn't know is fragile now Just some fool chasing wind And the pressure is rising Don't think I agree with its word I'm in and its for life so mums the word Know the railcar will circle back and come for me Ill never sacrifice my life for you cause its empty Just a fool chasing wind Captured by what I find myself in Some kind of to be or not be My private author knows Which way we should go Understand, its just our job We chant that everyday Its a long and lonely road That is what it shows Our sights are lowered I'm in the whirlwinds eye so your my foe
This morbid propensity to witness calamity Began when one day I did see A car strike a tree, oh so violently How the occupants did scream and pray Glass shards puncture tender flesh Bone fragments exposed from the wound As flames engulfed their unconscious forms I was enraptured This is lifes greatest pleasure The spoils of disaster In lieu of horror I feel only glee A place on Earth carved solely for me The shrieks of agony A symphony composed of the obscene Spontaneous occurrences of violence are my pornography Witnessing in fire the ending of life the crowning moment I watch the railcars spectrally begging derailment Orgasmic is the thought; my symphoric fantasy This is lifes greatest pleasure The spoils of disaster In lieu of horror I feel only glee A place on Earth carved solely for This is lifes greatest pleasure The spoils of disaster In lieu of horror I feel only glee A place on Earth carved solely for me
And shall your grace Grow weary of your saints? Riding in a westbound railcar They'll dump you in the Highgate Graveyard [poison-in-the-teacup-graveyard alpha-radiation-graveyard] Come untie your little son Before the angel comes
The sheriff says a high roller Two score and six in hand Play it all like a catfish Lady Luck has her plan Eighteen hours of railcars A pretty penny to my name I do play to the lovelies And their ancient games Bag of nails do I see Hang fire on liberty Cracked up and you'll pay Good hunting Bag of nails do I see Hang fire on liberty Cracked up and you'll pay Good hunting In Santa Fe The devil and the dealer A tale of real demise Nailed to the counter Caught with aces high Bag of nails do I see Hang fire on liberty Cracked up and you'll pay Good hunting In Santa Fe Bag of nails do I see Hang fire on liberty Cracked up and you'll pay Good hunting Bag of nails do I see Hang fire on liberty Cracked up and you'll pay Good hunting In Santa Fe
Now it’s out of sight Runner of the railways Your InterCity daddy tried to catch me in vain You oiled me up so good, I can outrun all the pain I know, that with this pace, I could be running off the track A broken heart at every station longing for me to come back Let a railcar run me down into pieces with a crack I’ll leave my baggage there where all the tunnels end in black Runner of the railways With a coal black heart, teeth grinding on grit Veins are pumping oil, and my head is full of shit I don’t really care, if you get stuck out on the street Everyone’s a sucker for my first class seat Runner of the railways I’m running
Well I would like to be The only American in the Italian army Just to see if I would know When I had done my part And I would like to be there When the Austrians came down from the mountain I'd like to be delivering Chocolate on a bicycle And on that morbid retreat When I see Death in the officer's eyes I'd like to be Floating Down a river to a railcar Where I could hide On my way To make my desperate escape Yes I will row across this lake Just don't take my Catherine away Just don't take, just don't take My Catherine away Just don't take, just don't take My Catherine away Men of steel Dripping into Glasses of orange juice The war is over But men of feeling Are dripping from the ceiling I want to be sinking Like a flashlight in the deep blue I want to be Dripping from the ceiling too I want to be sinking Like a flashlight in the deep blue sea Don't want to be The octopus making the discovery
Verse 3: Through the rain and city haze, A pulse beats in endless maze, Lovers whisper 'neath the stars, Strangers passing in railcars. Chorus: Oh, the corner where hopes ascend, In the journey, from start to end, Where cultures blend and spirits mend, In this bustling corner, we transcend.
The future of science is lighting the way We search for the answers The world’s in our sway The stars are now closer A new age will rise A railcar to Mars! A dream in our eyes! Together we’ll cross the horizons unknown Chasing new stars Where galaxies glow Bidding farewell as we vanish in flight Cosmos is calling in rivers of light A grand stellar waltz, endless worlds in our sight Burning like fire, the heavens ignite!
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways Call it one drink too many Call it pride of a man But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand 'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin We do it over and over and over again We do it over and over and over again Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh I know there's California, Oklahoma And all of the places I ain't ever been to but Down in the valley with Whiskey rivers These are the places you will find me hidin' These are the places I will always go These are the places I will always go I am on my way I am on my way I am on my way back to where I started Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh (Continue in background) One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls I saw your face, I heard you callin' out I saw your face in the crowd and you came out Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night There was a sign on the door and it reads to me Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh I am on my way I am on my way I am on my way back to where I started California, Oklahoma And all of the places I ain't ever been to but Down in the valley with Whiskey rivers These are the places you will find me hidin' These are the places I will always go These are the places I will always go So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
There's a fire on the mountain There's a voice from the hills Coming down on a windstorm There's a stirring, an aching Rising in my bones Like a long-lost child coming home Coming home Take these calloused hands and poor boy's dime Take this broken heart of mine Take these dead-end dreams and tired feet I'm laying down this heavy load I'm carrying I've been riding on a railcar Passing through every town Searching for that skyline of gold Take these calloused hands and poor boy's dime Take this broken heart of mine Take these dead-end dreams and tired feet I'm laying down this heavy load I'm carrying I've been following Your North Star But I just can't get it right You're a voice that I remember I can hear it every night Take these calloused hands and poor boy's dime Take this broken heart of mine Take these calloused hands and poor boy's dime Take this broken heart of mine Take these dead-end dreams and tired feet I'm laying down this heavy load I'm carrying I'm laying down this heavy load I'm carrying
Stop dead in my tracks Look ahead never going back Stop sign in the middle of the road How it got there I don't know In the dreams that you have Do you Think of things that might have been Is anything real Do you feel anything When you wake from your dreams I'll be near Woke up in the middle of the road Sign is gone but the dreams go on Lay down in my bed With dreams of you going through my head In the dreams that you have Do you Think of things that might have been Is anything real Do you feel anything When you wake from your dreams I'll be there Stop dead on the tracks Train ahead jump through the cracks Railcar just passed me by And went straight ahead through the night time sky In the dreams that you have Do you think of things that might have been Is anything real Do you feel anything When you wake from your dreams I'll be gone Run farther than I've ever run Going away from everyone Away from everyone In the dreams that you have Do you think of things that might have been Is anything real Do you feel anything at all
Burning sun Lay on the horizon Pink the western hills Spreading wide Give to dusk Lay bare a constellation Bear a kind of star Northern in its light I see a drop of white In an oil-spilled sky Stumbling Stilettos made of pipe and beam Stuck in city tar Between the red and green Weed and wheat Grasping without way to see Office light is dark Over Northern gleam We are straining eyes to see A drop of cream In an oil-soaked machine She's got a love Makes like tired railcars Up and down the folds Of the U Pac line Her back and forth Is wearing all her wheels to bolts Steady moving North Northern to a light A vanishing light Swore you saw a white Flicker in the frame of an inkblot night I - I know it's just a trick A little top hat magick You can try to see By a lamp in empty space Like a drunkard in a maze Try to read words erased Northern light without a trace Drive your car Past where all the signs hush Park beside a field With arms spread wide Twirl your dress So fast it rises to your chest No worry for your nakedness Peeking through the clouds Shedding Northern light Now you're out there on your own Northern in your light Isn't it right?
cfter you have gone to sleep We will place the stones ct your head and at your feet Listen to the railcar Rolling down the track The lonely whistle told me That you ain't coming back Hear the engine coming Know you're not alone It's come to bring you sister It's come to bring you home Know that when you get there There will be no pain cnd there will be no worry Left upon your brain I remember what you told me I remember what you said cnd when I held your hand You were laying in your bed We will look for you dear cll the places that we see Everywhere we're going Everywhere we've been Because you're in every song You're in everything i do cnd when I feel I'm sinking I will reach for you We will dig your grave now Dig it wide and dig it deep cnd we will tell the children That you have gone to sleep Here the rails a'singin' Listen to the song Singing we will be together Together before long Here the rails a'singin' Listen to the song Singing we will be together Together before long
She was from Virginia Longing for lovers in the valley But yearning to go west for adventure And she left alone Well, some would say a dreamer But she knew better than to hope for Something that can't be measured swiftly Like grains of sand Holding out for better days becomes a mission Reaching out into the great unknown Maybe this time you will find your salvation Anyone can see this bird has flown He was from the Badlands Longing for more than just the small town And a head full of specters from the landscape And he left alone Hopped on a train to Denver Looking for work there in the oil fields Cause he knew that something had to break free Like a hawk in flight Holding out for better days becomes a mission Reaching out into the great unknown Maybe this time you will find your salvation Anyone can see this bird has flown And though they both started from a different place Their fates would align to meet face to face Ordering coffee in the same railcar They would raise a family In some timeline where peace was plenty And teaching their children understanding That we're all one Holding out for better days becomes a mission Reaching out into the great unknown Maybe this time you will find your salvation Anyone can see this bird has flown Anyone can see this bird has flown
It's 1825, I just turned 23 Working on that new railroad Momma feared for me "Going thirty miles an hour, you won't arrive in one piece" Oh no, here comes the future Stepping off of that railcar Now I'm back at the house They're wiring up a black box Grandad's worried about He don't like talking to folks he can't see Oh no, here comes the future Things move to fast It makes me feel slow This progress has spun itself out of control We don't mind change We just like what we know Oh, here comes the future That country and western swings me just right But that rock and roll music's got the devil inside Now they're talking about a fever on a Saturday night Oh no, here comes the future My Grandad wrote Grandma letters of romance My Dad asked my Mom once if she'd like to dance Now you swipe right just to get in their pants Oh no, here comes the future Things move to fast It makes me feel slow This progress has spun itself out of control We like new music But play one we know Oh, here comes the future There was a bright light and some folks looked away I stared right in and I saw a new day No gender, no wars, the computers have legs Oh lord, could this be the future?
It just takes time that's what they say It just takes time time to get to another day But time gave cancer a spread right through her veins Well it rained around like a railroad train up in her brain It just took time but that's what they wanted Cures are profit losses and the memories lay haunted Of someone not scared of dying And stronger than their pain It just takes time to get on with the day Well I ain't scared or afraid of dying I've lived a life worth living and living my life brought me enjoyment But sometimes time takes longer to tick on a clock that ain't worth fixing A wishful mix deep in a lick of timeless memories lay missing It just takes time that's what they say It just takes time time to get to another day But time gave cancer a spread right through her veins Well it rained around like a railroad train up in her brain All I got is time and a deadline Well pour my ashes on a railcar and let the fucker ride Time ain't long enough well and too long takes too much time All I got is time and a deadline When will be my time how will I walk the line The pearly gates look pretty but they are closed for the rest of the night Guess I'll wake up in the morning and stumble towards my dawn It just takes time to get through the day when the mornings going It just takes time that's what they say It just takes time time to get to another day But time gave cancer a spread right through her veins Well it rained around like a railroad train up in her brain It just takes time
This is my stop We said goodbye and I got out of railcar This meeting was like a hurricane, with no tear drop This story will be told by my guitar! Come on!
This is my stop We said goodbye and I got out of railcar This meeting was like a hurricane, with no tear drop This story will be told by my guitar! Come on!
I walked out my house tonight just to hear the quiet Listen to the dark before I lie Looking to the city lights burning from afar Glowing at the bottom of the sky I think nothing beautiful comes without a fight Of course, there's no exception in us I've come to love revolving doors and things that tend to shine But you never really cared for that much Oh, ain't it just a shame Ending 'bout the same way that we started out Oh, comin' back around with just more jewelry I'm afraid that we've departed now You won't catch me, trains are moving too fast What's this railcar to some bits of broken glass I had a box of pictures that I hid in tall grass You won't find me cause I'm already gone Well I used to have love But I was stubborn and drunk So I squandered it I got rid of your taste with some things in a place Because I wanted it Oh, ain't it just a shame Ending 'bout the same way that we started out Oh, comin' back around with just more jewelry I'm afraid that we've departed now You won't catch me, trains are moving too fast What's this railcar to some bits of broken glass I had a box of pictures that I hid in tall grass You won't find me cause I'm already gone I walked out my house tonight just to hear the quiet Listen to the dark before I lie
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