She was beautiful as southern skies

The night he met her


She was married to someone


Now he was doggedly determined




That he would get her


He was old he was young

From time to time he would tip his heart


But each time she withdrew




Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance


Everybody thinks its true


Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Everybody thinks its true





Well eventually the boy the girl get married

Sure enough they have a son


And although both were occupied


With the child she carried

Disagreements had begun





And in a while it just fell apart

It wasn't hard to do





Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Everybody thinks its true


Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance




Two disappointed believers


Two people playing the game


Negotiations and love songs

Are often mistaken for one and the same





Now the man and the woman

They remain in contact


Let us say its for the child


With disagreements about

The meaning of a marriage contract




Conversations hard and wild


From time to time he make sher laugh

She'd cook him a meal or two




Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Everybody thinks its true


Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance



What is the point of this story?


What information pertains?

The thought that life could be better

Is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains


Like a train in the distance, train, train, train