Downtown Train

Album: Rain Dogs (1985)
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  • Outside another yellow moon
    Has punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
    I climb through the window and down the street
    I'm shining like a new dime
    The downtown trains are full
    With all those Brooklyn girls
    They try so hard to break out of their little worlds

    Well, you wave your hand and they scatter like crows
    They have nothing that will ever capture your heart
    They're just thorns without the rose
    Be careful of them in the dark
    Oh if I was the one
    You chose to be your only one
    Oh baby can't you hear me now, can't you hear me now?

    Will I see you tonight
    On a downtown train?
    Every night it's just the same
    You leave me lonely, now

    I know your window and I know it's late
    I know your stairs and your doorway
    I walk down your street and past your gate
    I stand by the light at the four-way
    You watch them as the fall
    Oh baby, they all have heart attacks
    They stay at the carnival
    But they'll never win you back

    Will I see you tonight
    On a downtown train?
    Every night it's just the same
    Oh, baby

    Will I see you tonight
    On a downtown train?
    All of my dreams just fall like rain
    Oh, baby, on a downtown train

    Will I see you tonight
    On a downtown train?
    Every night, every night it's just the same
    Oh, baby

    Will I see you tonight
    On a downtown train?
    All of my dreams just fall like rain
    Well, on a downtown train

    Well, on a downtown train
    Well, on a downtown train
    Well, on a downtown train
    On a downtown train Writer/s: Tom Waits
    Publisher: JALMA MUSIC
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