The Train Lyrics

I find myself running behind the train

That is carrying all of my dreams away from me

I wish this were a dream

And I wish that I could wake up

To a nice hot meal on the train

But I'm constantly running behind the train

And I can't stop stepping on the turtle shells

That are slippery from the rain

I wish I had a chance to help this world advance

But I'm useless if I can't catch up to that train

And my friends all pass me by

Riding horses of green and white

And I watch them dismount and step onto that train

My girl is reaching out to me

From a window that I cannot see

But I slip again and fall further behind the train

But I'm desperately running behind the train

There's a band on the roof but I can't hear what they're playing

Through the wind and the thunder and the rain

I see a silhouette in a flash of lightning

And it looks an awful lot like a shadow of me

I'm frantically running behind the train

It's too dark to see but I hear them calling my name

For that I can't give up

But I know I'm not fast enough

Now I'm just a fool who jumped off of that train

And my family is on that train

They have found their seats and are out of the rain

And as they wonder where I am I'm screaming behind the train

My future is on that train

It shot me in the back and ran off with my brain

But my debt I will collect if I can just get on that train

But I'm too weak from running behind the train

Every time I speak I only put myself to shame

And if there's a god in the skies

I'd like him to apologize

But in the end I know it's only me I have to blame

Here I am running behind the train

It feels like my whole life has been lived in vain

I want my friends I want my dreams

I want my girl I want my family

But they're all on a train that my future stole away from me

I want my friends I want my dreams

I want my girl I want my family

But they're all on a train that my future stole away from me