The Ballad of Amtrak Jane

I once met a girl named Jane Passing through town on the Amtrak train Didn't have a ticket or a place to stay Knew that she was different so I helped her pay I once met a girl named Jane Passing through town on the Amtrak train Didn't have a ticket or a place to stay Knew that she was different so I helped her pay I once met a girl named Jane Passing through town on the Amtrak train Didn't have a ticket or a place to stay Knew that she was different so I helped her pay She wore tattered shoes, drew a watch on her wrist Sang the blues as we cruised through the mountains out west Investing her questions, testing my patience Proclaimed we both singers I said technically yes Well, She didn't see a difference, and I didn't see a purpose To confer with a girl like Jane who was a burden She didn't know her birthplace said her mama was a virgin, A run away stow away- Jane knew the route, every turn But something confused me as we got to conversing Discussed matters politicin from Sioux Falls to Sturgis Jane worked in a cubicle, broke down, almost murdered Everyone in her building exaggerating I inferred Announcing now I hop trains, hope to see the world Plus I'm writing a book about my travels a page turner Used to make six figures but it ain't fix sadness It just paid taxes, Became a sheep and I had it I once met a girl named Jane Passing through town on the Amtrak train Didn't have a ticket or a place to stay Knew that she was different so I helped her pay I once met a girl named Jane Passing through town on the Amtrak train Didn't have a ticket or a place to stay Knew that she was different so I helped her pay The locomotive stopped we parted ways with some passengers Til it was only Jane and I portraying panhandlers Illuminated by the moon we rode on through the night Tried to put up a fight, but had me mesmerized By which I mean the logic Janes wacky point of view She didn't try to force it on me in my mind I knew And listen cuz the story that I'm tellin be true Jane even lost her cool once yeah she called me a fool She said if I gived a shit your judgment would give me chills Confronting, proclaiming something bout existing for the thrill Between us, if this train derailed I'd be apathetic You so goddamn vain probably assumed I'm just some meth addict I ain't ask to eat or even look at your food Or go through your things when you used the restroom You boys defined by Material possessions To those without a clue in they brain or common senses We born the same and die the same just hop different fences All your life you've been slaving for a pension Since the beginning bet you figured out the end Twists and turns, Lessons learned in the wild Wild West I once met a girl named Jane Passing through town on the Amtrak train Didn't have a ticket or a place to stay Knew that she was different so I helped her pay I once met a girl named Jane Passing through town on the Amtrak train Didn't have a ticket or a place to stay Knew that she was different so I helped her pay We pulled in half past noon to St. Peters Never saw Jane again never forgot about her either All aboard the Amtrak, I'm denied clearance Cause I argued with an empty seat the passengers feared me