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This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on. |
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When Jenny was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains |
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She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things |
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Jenny counted boxcars instead of counting sheep |
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She could go anywhere when she went to sleep |
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All she ever talked about was getting on to ride |
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She was living in another time you could see it in her eyes |
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And every day after school she'd head down to the track |
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Waiting for the train that was never coming back |
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Jenny dreamed of trains |
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When the nighttime came |
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Nobody knew how she made it come true |
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Jenny dreamed of trains |
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The depot's been boarded up, the rails have turned to rust |
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There hasn't been a train through here since the mill went bust |
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No one believed her when she said she heard the train |
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Said she was just a little girl acting kind of strange |
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Jenny dreamed of trains |
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When the nighttime came |
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Nobody knew how she made it come true |
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Jenny dreamed of trains |
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Jenny laid a penny on the track one day |
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In God we trust she walked away |
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The very next morning all she could find |
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Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime |
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Jenny dreamed of trains |
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When the nighttime came |
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Nobody knew how she made it come true |
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Jenny dreamed of trains |
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Nobody knew how she made it come true |
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Jenny dreamed of trains |
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Words and Music by Vince Gill and Guy Clark |