Ticket Taker Blues Lyrics

Everybody's going somewhere

To me it's all goodbyes and passing throughs

Then I send 'em down the line

Sometimes I wish those bags were mine

I've got a hard case of the ticket taker blues

I know every route and every schedule inside out

I can point you were you want to go

But at my feet these tickets stubs are scattered all about

Like the tails torn off of dreams I'll never know

Everybody's going somewhere

To me it's all goodbyes and passing throughs

Then I send 'em down the line

Sometimes I wish those bags were mine

I've got a hard case of the ticket taker blues

One time I thought this woman saw the distance in my eyes

She asked me if I'd like to come away

For a second there I almost bagged it all and hit the sky

But then she laughed and it just seemed best to stay

For as long as I remember this is all I've ever done

It's my job and I'm good at what I do

But someone told me once that you could fly into the sun

And I'd sure like to find out if it's true

Everybody's going somewhere

To me it's all goodbyes and passing throughs

Then I send 'em down the line

Sometimes I wish those bags were mine

I've got a hard case of the ticket taker blues

When I send 'em down the line

Sometimes I wish those bags were mine

I've got a hard case of the ticket taker blues