You can ride Train that goes to nowhere Train that goes to nowhere There is a train that goes to nowhere Need no ticket for you to ride Put you in a car they call the sleeper It's nice and warm inside The days are never numbered The nights don't matter

Tryin' to stop your leavin' Train's a comin', river's runnin' Got a guitar on my back And I'm standin' on this lonesome railroad track Train's a-comin' It'll be here 'fore too long But I don't think I can stop it with a song Girl, that's the kind of way

All that shines turns to rust All that stands in time turns to dust Yesterday, today, tomorrow, come rain, come shine Hell and back, the beginning in between till' the end of time Living, fighting, obsessing Just as long as I can share it all with you As

Well I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain Around the curve come a passenger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead he's been a long time gone Been a long time gone a long time gone If you wanna get to heaven gotta D-I-E you

And I can't tell if you're laughing Between each smile there's a tear in your eye There's a train leaving town in an hour Its not waiting for you and neither am I One last thing I beg you please just before you go I've watched you fly on paper wings half

I could give you double, baby I could change your whole damn life in a day Why would you wait on a train that's never coming, girl? Yeah, I know you don't wanna be that girl that's fucking what's his face He ain't gonna rock with ya, talk with ya all the

I wish I was cold as stone Then I wouldn't feel a thing Then I wouldn't know the sting of the rain I wouldn't hurt like this Or feel so all alone Wish I didn't have this heart I could stand strong and still Watching you walk away She left town early on a

Tryin' to stop your leavin' Train's a comin', river's runnin' Got a guitar on my back And I'm standin' on this lonesome railroad track Train's a-comin' It'll be here 'fore too long But I don't think I can stop it with a song Girl, that's the kind of way

My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why I Got out of bed at all The morning rain clouds up my window And I can't see at all And even if I could it'll all be gray Put your picture on my wall It reminds me, that it's not so bad It's not so bad Dear Slim, I

Find a way to shine When the sun is hard to find When it's rainin' in your eyes When the shadows block those pretty, little, blue skies living inside you When the fallin' of your tears makes a candle disappear When you just can't see the light Baby, I'll