Lucy Kaplansky Break A Train written by Cliff Eberhardt
I'm headed south
on a railroad train
We're pulling out on
time and I'm
amazed
Got my
window seat
I got my magazines
Got everything I
need except for
you
Remember when we
took that train out west
They almost threw us
off for acting
strange
Made fools of all the porters
We drank
booze out of paper
cups
You showed me a good time baby
But I
never got
enough
You showed me a good time
darling
But I
never got
enough
And my
heart feels just as caloused
As
some old breakmans hands
Been on the job for years
He still don't
understand
Why the
towns fade away like lovers
His life has let him dowm
You can brake a train you can
break a heart
But you
never learn to like the
sound
I'm sitting all alone
in a dining car
I feel like a fool for
ordering this
meal
It's no fun
without you here
I miss your teasing
everytime I spill my
drink
Were pulling in a station
I'll remeber next
time to take the
plane
It just ain't the same without you
I was a
fool to try
now
Now im
getting odd looks from a porter
Like he
never seen a woman
cry
Now im
getting odd looks from a
porter
Like he
never seen a woman
cry
And my
heart feels just as caloused
As
some old breakmans hands
Been on the job for years
He still don't
understand
Why the
towns fade away like lovers
His life has let him dowm
You can brake a train you can
break a heart
But you
never learn to like the
sound>From The Greenwich Village Folk Festival
Gadfly Records 1996
Burlington, Vt 802-865-2406
Cherry Music(BMI)