Black Train Cars

Black train cars
Black train cars
God knows where they’re going tonight

Black train cars
Black train cars
Snaking through the hills of my troubled mind

Mhmm…
They’re cold and dirty
Mhmm…
And so loaded down
Mhmm…
With a heavy regret
That I’ve tried to shake for weeks
But that’s been harder than ditching the sky or the ground

My trouble has a woman’s name and a beautiful face
But she ain’t to blame for making me stray
And I wish that I could say it was just a mistake
And a man’s history doesn’t tell you his age

But I’m afraid my woman’s on to me and sooner or later
In my sleep or in a rage I’m gonna leak or just break
And I’ll give my shame away and she’ll see those…

Black train cars
Black train cars
Slowly going by with no end in sight

Black train cars
Black train cars
Coming hard for me one of these nights

Mhmm…
Through the front yard
Mhmm…
And the living room wall
Mhmm…
Straight through our lives
Then kicking off the rails
And trashing our home like a swinging wrecking ball

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