My Baby Thinks He's a Train
Love Off the Rails: When Your Partner's a Locomotive
Lyrics
It's three a.m. in the morning
Setting the scene at three in the morning.
The train whistle is blowin'
Describing the sound of a train whistle.
It sounds like some lonesome song got in my soul
Suggesting that the train whistle evokes a feeling of loneliness in the singer's soul.
In my soul
Reiteration of the impact of the train whistle on the soul.
My baby spent the bank and he won't be back no more
Indicating that the singer's partner spent all their money and won't return.
My baby thinks he's a train
Expressing the belief that the partner identifies with a train.
He makes his whistle stop, then he's gone again
Describing the partner's behavior as resembling a train's stops and departures.
Sometimes it's hard on a poor girl's brain
Highlighting the emotional toll on the singer due to the partner's actions.
A poor girl's brain
Reiteration of the emotional strain on the singer's mind.
I'm tellin' you, boys, my baby thinks he's a train
Stating emphatically that the partner believes he is a train.
Locomotion's the way he moves
Describing the partner's movements as resembling a train's locomotion.
He drags me 'round just like an old caboose
Comparing the partner to an old caboose, suggesting being dragged along.
I'm tellin' you, girls, that man's insane
Asserting that the partner's behavior is irrational or crazy.
My baby thinks he's a train
Reiteration of the partner's belief that he is a train.
Choo, choo rages on, train sound
Using onomatopoeia to convey the sound of a train.
It's the noise that you hear when my baby hits town
Associating the train sound with the partner's arrival in town.
With his long hair flyin', man, he's hard to take
Describing the partner's appearance with energetic details.
What you s'posed to do when your baby thinks he's a train?
Pondering what to do when one's partner identifies as a train.
He eats money like a train eats coal
Comparing the partner's spending habits to a train consuming coal.
He burns it up and leaves you in the smoke
Highlighting the partner's extravagant behavior and its aftermath.
If you wanna catch a ride, you wait 'til he unwinds
Suggesting the need to wait for the partner to calm down before approaching.
He's just like a train, he always gives some tramp a ride
Drawing a parallel between the partner and a train offering rides to strangers.
Locomotion's the way he moves
Reiteration of the partner's locomotion-like movements.
He drags me 'round just like an old caboose
Repeating the metaphor of being dragged around like an old caboose.
I'm tellin' you, girls, that man's insane
Reasserting that the partner's belief in being a train is irrational.
My baby thinks he's a train
Final confirmation of the partner's conviction that he is a train.
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