Lyrics:
to see his grandfather in a small hut at the graveyard where he kept watch while nothing moved
On some days they’d stop above the railway yard and sit
Down by the railway yard
This Edwardian portrait of syphilitic sadness
Needs to mow another yard
His Imperial Cowpat of Infinite Wanness
Looks
This champagne tastes better in the dark
We're better off so far
Is that what you said
It's a railway yard
Between the head and the heart
Is
to end your days
In a railway yard in Tennessee
the railway yard.
I see it in your eyes
I know you are the one who's leaving
Still I'm never gonna stop believing
In departures
Singing rails sing for me
The moon falls on the railway yard
We walk together arm and arm
Faith and blind devotion
Come glide upon the rusted edge
Never question straight
Stolen cars and railway yards and dog ends on the ground
Neon lights that flash in time with Billy’s mellow sound
Sid was dead and Danny said it’s
the room
What I couldn't see was trailing behind me, a death wish that would all-consume
I know trouble will follow me
From the railway to the yard
What
of the things that make you whole
Don't let go, all of the things that make you so
Up the railway yard to where the faces stuck in stone
A lonely walk
on the rocks where the waves break hard
When the beach was an abandoned railway marshalling yard
And when the land development signs went up
We hurled rocks
with the river
In between lies the freight yard of boxcar blues
Eastern avenue railway, come on, come on and deliver
This load of tears and this pair
You know that old place near the railway?
Where we used to tag our names to belong somewhere
You know that old grove where we stood in a row?
lines
Never any questions asked
Got a map inside
Psycho drift
Psycho drift
Through the parks and alleyways
Hopelessly amazed
Builder's yards
Faster!
Now! Now!
Rest!
At the end of two yards, (puts a peg to mark the distance), I shall give you your directions have another biscuit
At the end
On the platform of an old railway station I enter a dream
And a couple are saying good-bye through the noise and the steam
But it's just "Brief
When I walk along some railway track and find
That you're waiting on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
For hours you're just gentle
On my
you.
You were the back yard boy.
Hiding in the wreckage
Of broken dreams.
Standing by the railway line.
Standing.
Oh, we were so young.
We
And Ogilvy came to examine what lay there
A cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot
With faint sounds of movement coming from within
Suddenly the top
And Ogilvy came to examine what lay there
A cylinder, thirty yards across, glowing hot
With faint sounds of movement coming from within
Suddenly the top
A PLAN!
Artilleryman: Can't you just see it? Civilization starting all over again! A second chance! Heh- we'll even build a railway and tunnel
were there's no use for
This it's not a theater kiss more like a railway piss
The lights outside tonight are far from home and
I'm out drinkin' in
A PLAN!
Artilleryman: Can't you just see it? Civilization starting all over again! A second chance! Heh- we'll even build a railway and tunnel
there's no use for
This it's not a theater kiss more like a railway piss
Chorus:
The lights outside tonight are far from home and
I'm out drinkin' in
And drunk my share of railroad wine
I might show a little damage baby
But I'll pull into the yard on time
I might be slow gettin' up
But I won't stay down
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