Train Song

I saw the sky fill up with engine
 Heard the world fill up with noise
 Laid a penny on the track, got a flapjack back
 As the driver waved to the boys
 I watched the people at the window
 From the bushes as the diner flew by
 Now I look from the window of the diner
 For a kid with hungry eyes
 This is a train song
 It's a song about gettin' lost
 It's a song about what that cost
 This is a train song
 For birds that are stuck on the ground
 For ears that only listen
 For distant sounds
 Just me and the stars on a flatcar
 As the train pulled into Schrieber town
 Cop saw me jump and I was runnin'
 I was scared he's gonna run me down
 Now I see the porter smilin' to my left hand
 As he's lookin' at the money
 That I'm holdin' in my right
 And I think how it's nice he wants to know my name
 And I laugh out the window at the night
 This is a train song
 It's a song about gettin' lost
 It's a song about what that cost
 This is a train song
 For birds that are stuck on the ground
 For ears that only listen
 For distant sounds
 Hear the mourning of the midnight whistle
 Hear the ringin' of the railroad sign
 On the double street high line
 They say every railroad line has a bad side
 Where they make all the poor people stay
 Though some of the bad ones
 Might make it across
 That train passes by anyway
 This is a train song
 It's a song about gettin' lost
 It's a song about what that cost
 This is a train song
 For birds that are stuck on the ground
 For ears that only listen
 For distant sounds