I've Got a Thing About Trains

(Jack Clement)



I get a sad kind of feeling

When I see a passenger train

In this fast movin' world we live in

Nobody rides them much these days.



Oh, maybe I'm just sentimental

'Cause I know that things have to change

But I still like to go for a train ride

'Cause I've got a thing about trains.



Train, train, train

You're out of place these days

But you've had your days of glory

Train, train, train.



--- Instrumental ---



Train they say you're too slow for travelin'

But I'm gonna miss you some day

When my little boy says daddy

What was it like to ride a train?



I'll say it was a good way to travel

When things didn't move quite so fast

And I'm sorry that you can't ride one

But trains are the thing of the past.



Train, train, train,

You're fading from the scene

But I'm gonna mourn your passing

Train, train, train.



--- Instrumental ---



So if you're tired of people and buildings

Weary of worry and strain

Then you ought to go on a train ride

And look out the window at things.



Go for a ride down to Memphis

The night train is still right on time

But I read in the papers this mornin'

Next week they're gonna take it off the line.



Train, train, train

Blow your whistle proudly and loud

As you roll to your place in hist'ry

Train, train, train.



I've got a thing about trains...



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(Narrative by Bobby spoken after song:



(He'll fly till he finds that old gang of mine)

They call me a city boy and that's right I'm from New York the big city

It didn't seem so big to me though before I went into the service

The city to me was mostly the neighborhood where I grew up

And the kids I grew up with.