St. John's Train
Echoes of Abandoned Tracks: St. John's Train Tale
Lyrics
Well you can wait by the railroad track
Waiting by the railroad track, anticipating train arrivals.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No trains are currently arriving or departing.
You can wait but they won’t be back
Waiting, but the trains won't return.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains in the future.
Well they took apart that band of steel
Reference to dismantling a railroad track.
Down in the wreckers yard
Scrapped materials in a wreckers yard, symbolizing difficulties.
They left me standing here draggin my heels
Feeling abandoned or left behind during tough times.
Times get tough and times get hard
Expressing challenges in life.
Well you can wait by the railroad track
Reiteration of waiting for trains with the same outcome.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains arriving or departing.
You can wait but they won’t be back
Waiting, but the trains won't return.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains in the future.
And you won’t see the lights in the passenger cars
Reference to the absence of lights and images in passenger cars.
Or pictures in the window frames
Emphasizing the emptiness or void in the train's absence.
And you won’t hear them shouting all aboard
Highlighting the silence without the usual sounds of a departing train.
Last call for the St. John’s train
Signifying the departure of the St. John’s train.
Well you can wait by the railroad track
Reiteration of waiting for trains with the same outcome.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains arriving or departing.
You can wait but they won’t be back
Waiting, but the trains won't return.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains in the future.
And you won’t hear a whistle on a winter’s night
No anticipation of the sound of a train whistle during winter nights.
Echoing around that hill
Imagery of a quiet hill without the echoing train whistle.
But all I’d know is that I’d feel alright
Expressing contentment despite the absence of train sounds.
If I heard them echoing echoing echoing still
Desire for the lingering echoes of train whistles.
Well you can wait by the railroad track
Reiteration of waiting for trains with the same outcome.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains arriving or departing.
You can wait but they won’t be back
Waiting, but the trains won't return.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains in the future.
Well you can wait by the railroad track
Reiteration of waiting for trains with the same outcome.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains arriving or departing.
You can wait but they won’t be back
Waiting, but the trains won't return.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains in the future.
Well you can wait by the railroad track
Reiteration of waiting for trains with the same outcome.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains arriving or departing.
You can wait but they won’t be back
Waiting, but the trains won't return.
Won’t be no trains coming and goin’
No expectation of trains in the future.
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