Break A Train

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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 03:43:09 GMT
From: Rick L 

 
Subject: CRD:  Break A Train     Lucy Kaplansky    Lyrics/Chords

Lucy Kaplansky   Break A Train   written by Cliff Eberhardt


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I'm headed south on a railroad train

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We're pulling out on time and I'm amazed

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Got my window seat  I got my magazines

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Got everything I need except for you

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Remember when we took that train out west

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They almost threw us off for acting strange

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Made fools  of all the porters
         
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We drank booze out of paper cups

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You showed me a good time baby
      
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But I never  got enough

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You showed me a good time darling
      
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But I never got enough
       
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And my heart feels just as  caloused
   
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As some old breakmans hands

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Been on the job for  years

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He still  don't understand
         
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Why the  towns fade away  like lovers

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His life has let him dowm

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You can brake  a train you can break a heart
        
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But you never learn to like the sound

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I'm sitting all alone  in  a dining car

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I feel like a fool for  ordering this meal

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It's no fun without you here

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I miss your teasing everytime I spill my drink

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Were pulling in a station

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I wish it was my stop

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I'll remeber next time to  take the  plane

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It just ain't the same without you
        
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I was a fool to try now
      
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Now im getting odd looks from a porter
         
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Like he  never seen a woman cry
       
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Now im getting odd looks from a porter
         
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Like he  never seen a woman cry
       
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And my heart feels just as  caloused
   
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As some old breakmans hands

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Been on the job for  years

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He still  don't understand
         
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Why the  towns fade away  like lovers

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His life has let him dowm

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You can brake  a train you can break a heart
        
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But you never learn to like the sound

>From The Greenwich Village Folk  Festival
Gadfly Records 1996
Burlington, Vt  802-865-2406
Cherry Music(BMI)