Jenny Dreamed of Trains
Journey of Dreams: Jenny's Railroad Reverie
Lyrics
When Jenny was a little girl she only dreamed of trains
When Jenny was a little girl, her dreams were centered around trains.
She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
Jenny wasn't interested in typical girlish activities like playing with dolls; she preferred more pragmatic things.
Jenny counted boxcars instead of countin' sheep
Jenny's imagination involved counting boxcars instead of the traditional counting of sheep before sleep.
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep
Her dreams allowed her to travel freely and explore different places while sleeping.
All she ever talked about was gettin' on to ride
Jenny constantly expressed her desire to experience train rides.
She was livin' in another time you could see it in her eyes
She seemed to be living mentally in a different era, evident in her eyes.
Everyday after school she'd head don't to the tracks
Every day after school, she would go to the tracks, eagerly awaiting a train that never returned.
Waitin' for the train that was never comin' back
The train symbolizes something from the past that will not return.
Jenny dreamed of trains
Jenny's dreams were specifically about trains.
When the nighttime came
Her dreams occurred during the nighttime.
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Despite skepticism, Jenny found a way to make her dreams of trains a reality.
Jenny dreamed of trains
Reiteration of Jenny's dreams focusing on trains.
The depot's been boarded up, the rails have turned to rust
The train station is abandoned, and the railway has deteriorated.
There hasn't been a train through here since the mill went bust
The absence of trains is linked to economic decline ("mill went bust").
No one believed her when she said she heard the train
Others doubted Jenny's claims of hearing a train, dismissing her as a peculiar little girl.
Said she was just a little girl actin' kinda strange
Society viewed her behavior as unusual for a young girl.
Jenny dreamed of trains
Reiteration of Jenny's dreams involving trains.
When the nighttime came
Her dreams persisted into the nighttime.
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Despite disbelief, Jenny found a way to manifest her dreams.
Jenny dreamed of trains
Repeated emphasis on Jenny's dreams related to trains.
Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
Jenny placed a penny on the train track, a common childhood action with potential symbolic significance.
In God we trust she walked away
She walked away trusting in something larger than herself, possibly a metaphor for fate or destiny.
The very next mornin' all that she could find
The next day, the flattened penny was the only evidence of her attempt to interact with the train track.
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
The outcome wasn't what she expected, suggesting unpredictability or unintended consequences.
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Reiteration of the mystery behind how Jenny's dreams materialize.
Jenny dreamed of trains
Final emphasis on Jenny's persistent dreams of trains.
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