Train Song - Tom Waits

Well I broke down in E. St. Louis

On the Kansas City line

And I drunk up all my money

That I borrowed every time

And I fell down at the derby

And now the night’s black as a crow

It was a train that took me away from here

But a train can’t bring me home

What made my dreams so hollow

Was standing at the depot

With a steeple full of swallows

That could never ring the bell

And I come ten thousand miles away

With not one thing to show

Well it was a train that took me away from here

But a train can’t bring me home

I remember when I left

Without bothering to pack

You know I up and left with

Just the clothes I had on my back

Now I’m sorry for what I’ve done

And I’m out here on my own

Well it was a train that took me away from

Here but a train can’t bring me home