Layla, you've got me on my knees Layla, I'm begging, darling please Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind What'll you do when you get lonely And nobody's waiting by your side? You've been running and hiding much too long You know it's just your

Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Well, that long black train take my baby and gone Mystery train, rollin' down the track Train, train, rollin' 'round the bend Well, it took my baby, people it won't be coming back Well, it took my baby, people it

Layla, you've got me on my knees Layla, I'm begging, darling please Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind What'll you do when you get lonely And nobody's waiting by your side? You've been running and hiding much too long You know it's just your

I don't care! I don't care! It's been an awful long time since I been home, But you won't catch me goin' back down there alone. Things they said when I was young are quite enough to get me hung. They came and took my dad away to serve some time, But it

It won't be too long, girl Find out where you belong Living alone can have you so confused But remember now Just remember two words, hold on Feeling afraid and alone Remember two words, hold on She lives right there off of Rutledge Avenue She has a few

It's a lonely road, full of tired men And you can see it in their faces And you'll be home in spring I can wait 'til then I heard you're on the big train And oh this too shall pass This loneliness won't last for long I wasn't there to take his place I

If you're way beyond that It only matters if we care now And I remember when we cared now Do you wanna be free of this? Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long Won't someone pour ice water on me And I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders Then I'm

Stop that Train I'm a leaving... And it won't be too long Whether I'm right or wrong All my life I've been the lonely man Teachin people that don't overstand And even though I try my best I still don't find no happiness

We're too proud of What about is gone And it really Won't be so long Sometimes it feels Like a heart Is no place To be singin'

We could be stars Oh, we could be stars Knock on my door, boy come home You stay in my head Lay in my arms, why won't you? It's been way too long, what you waiting on? 'Cause I've been here, learning what the memories won't do See, I need you and baby I