Lyrics

I hear the hum of a train in the distance • While clumsily folding my best Sunday coat • Placed it on top with the rest of my life • Jammed in a ragged plaid suitcase • Oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh • Valentine's night and I wish I was drinking • With someone who needs me and begs me to stay • Instead I must toast to the diesel filled skyline • My emptiness worn as a blanket • I came to town as a stranger • Now I'm leaving tomorrow the same • There's no going back • When they dig up these tracks • No regrets, no blame • One last chance, one last train • Oh oh oh, oh oh, oh oh • Down at the station I see the Blue Oxen • The engine that suffers a fate much like mine • In for a moment and out with the smoke • Searching for freedom and fanfare • No children ran as you rolled through the city • No laughing or cheering as you chugged along • The workers asleep or drunk before midday • We'll try a new life at the next stop •