Asleep on a Train

Asleep on a Train Lyrics

Song Asleep on a Train
Artist Cars & Trains
Album The Roots, the Leaves
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[00:36.71] In twos and threes the stinging rain falls on this car
[00:40.78] Counting time with the lights blinking like a dying star
[00:44.75] I'll turn it out soon so I focus on where I go
[00:48.60] Pretending to be asleep on a train is hard to forego
[00:52.56] But tree branches wave and telephone poles compare notes
[00:56.49] What passes by the window disappears at our next thought
[01:00.79] The abandoned buildings they don't realize they are all alone
[01:04.44] Reaching out to keep the pieces of what they've all become
[01:08.50] With the heat of the sun forcing moss and ivy to grow
[01:12.52] Across the faces, rushing backwards, giving all they owe
[01:16.48] To circumnavigate their frames and join hands with cracks on walls
[01:20.74] And make us honest about from where we came and head towards
[01:24.70] The sun it flickers and fades setting to the left of my arm
[01:28.51] The lovely half lit silhouetted hills now hard to discern
[01:32.46] As if they've all given up like old cars in junkyards
[01:36.48] And all the air that the train displaced won't come to harm
[01:40.45] Simply acting as a means to spread some forgotten seeds
[01:44.39] That long ago would find their way home by some other means
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[01:50.35] And the air that I displace won't even remember my name
[01:58.16] Or any other details of the lines of my face
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[02:05.77] And the air that I displace won't even remember my name
[02:13.98] Or any other details of the lines of my face
[02:20.90] Passing by a line of crows on power lines that wait for
[02:24.46] A something that we all don't attempt to express anymore
[02:28.47] Feeling the pull to find a way to what we would call home
[02:32.48] Giving thought to, things I felt as I wait on the platform
[02:36.59] Evading the subjects that are constantly on my mind
[02:40.54] While circling above them like clouds at the same time
[02:44.51] The wheels sometimes falter and scrape on the tracks as I drift
[02:48.31] To all the things that settle to bottom that I try to keep hid
[02:52.44] Like the dirt that settles in the river once we've all passed
[02:56.38] That no one will mention unless they've been on the same path
[03:00.44] Trying not to let the weight of those thoughts drag you down
[03:04.46] Like a tree letting it's leaves go after holding too long
[03:08.28] The heavy weight of the last few turns that the engine takes
[03:12.33] Through the windows the faint smell of diesel fumes that pervade
[03:16.47] Signal that we've made our way close to the station at hand
[03:20.21] And all the indecipherable things I've tried to comprehend
[03:24.27] Sometimes it's easier to pretend to sleep on a train
[03:28.24] Rather than pay attention to what your thoughts might contain
[03:32.54] And the air that I displace won't even remember my name
[03:36.84] Or any other details of the lines of my face
[03:40.75] And the air that I displace won't even remember my name
[03:44.56] Or any other details of the lines of my face
[03:48.79] And the air that I displace won't even remember my name
[03:52.74] Or any other details of the lines of my face
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[03:58.49] The abandoned buildings they don't realize they are all alone
[04:02.50] Reaching out to keep the pieces of what they've all become
[04:06.52] With the heat of the sun forcing moss and ivy to grow
[04:10.43] Across the faces, rushing backwards, giving all they owe
[04:14.42] To circumnavigate their frames and join hands with cracks on walls
[04:18.47] And make us honest about from where we came and head towards
[04:22.61] The sun it flickers and fades setting to the left of my arm
[04:26.36] The lovely half lit silhouetted hills now hard to discern
[04:30.41] As if they've all given up like old cars in junkyards
[04:34.67] And all the air that the train displaced won't come to harm
[04:38.39] Simply acting as a means to spread some forgotten seeds
[04:42.29] That long ago would find their way home by some other means
[04:46.51] The abandoned buildings they don't realize they are all alone
[04:50.46] Reaching out to keep the pieces of what they've all become
[04:54.46] With the heat of the sun forcing moss and ivy to grow
[04:58.41] Across the faces, rushing backwards, giving all they owe
[05:02.46] To circumnavigate their frames and join hands with cracks on walls
[05:06.64] And make us honest about from where we came and head towards
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