White Train - Paul Kelly

Standing on my doorway

I wondered why his hand was painted red

It’s just a scratch he said

Here we go again

We stumbled to the car

By the time we hit Prince Henry’s he was white

I said you looked such a sight

He said I don’t feel no pain

And I know just what to do

And I know it’s nothing new

We’ve been through this before

But I don’t follow

Why must it be you

On a white train?

I stuck until the end

Though you said I was no friend

But you were blind

You really lost your mind

On a white train

Some will swill and some will sip

Some just find a place where they don’t slip

Others take a trip

On a white train

And I know just what to do

And I know it’s nothing new

We’ve been through this before

But I don’t follow

Why must it be you

On a white train?