I Hear Trains Lyrics

I hear trains in the night from my bedroom window

The rhythm of the rail is a family friend

I hear trains off the sandstone rim on the plateau

That old cry and it's echo never ends

And I hear trains in the night as they go by

Well I hear trains in the midst of a busy city

When the cross gate arms swing slowly down

Now the trains all seem like a distant memory

Our time passes by when the trumpet sounds

And I hear trains in the night as they go by

Someday I know the trains will go silent

As surely as I hear that whistle cry

But as long as I feel the steel wheels spinning

I hear trains in the night as they go by

And I hear trains in the night as they go by

Now Tommy was a switchman down in Memphis

In the striking spring of nineteen sixty eight

He heard a rumble when a man named Martin Luther

Was shot down by a man so full of hate

Someday I know the trains will go silent

As surely as I hear that whistle cry

But as long as I feel the steel wheels spinning

I hear trains in the night as they go by

I'll hear trains in the night as they go by

-Dave Coleman (Four Minor Music SESAC)

-Tim Carter (Tree O Music SESAC)