He flies to the stars to buy candy bars,
He’s the kid with the knack for invention.
He flies through the air
With the greatest of ease
The daring young man
On the flying trapeze
My world is spinning around,
Everything is lost that I found.
People run, come ride with me,
Let’s find another place that’s free.
Ride, ride my see-saw, take this place
On this trip just for me.
Ride, take a free ride, take my place
Have my seat, it’s for free.
Third boxcar, midnight train, destination, Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
I don’t pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found short, but not too big around
I’m a man of means by no means, king of the road.
I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain’t locked, when no one’s around.
Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Casey Jones you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
I wish that I was stronger
Could keep my head for longer
I sit and watch my fear
But it won’t disappear
I can dream myself away
Lose myself for days
And the train rushes past
Like a day gone too fast
All I know all I know all I know
Is here and now
All on fucking board!
Uh huh!
Well. Train, train
Lord take me on out of this town
Yeah train, train, come on
Take me on out of this town
That woman I’m in love with
Lord, she’s Memphis bound.
Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now Peace Train
Yes, Peace Train holy roller
Freight train freight train goin’ so fast
Freight train freight train goin’ so fast
Please don’t tell what train I’m on
So they won’t know where I’ve gone.
Freight train, freight train, comin’ round the bend
Freight train, freight train, gone again
One of these days turn that train around
Go back to my hometown.
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
I’d sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
He’d tousle my hair and say son take a good look around
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus
Going to a place that’s far, so far away and if that’s not enough
Going where nobody says hello, they don’t talk to anybody they don’t know
You’ll wind up in some factory that’s full time filth and nowhere left to go
Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself
I know it might sound strange, but I believe
You’ll be coming back before too long
Don’t go back to Rockville,
Don’t go back to Rockville,
Don’t go back to Rockville
And waste another year
I won’t go back to Bakersfield
My friend died there, I loved him too much
Incompetence, tubes and wires
Indifference, fools and liars
Aggravate, regulate, resuscitate
suffocated him
While Scully danced over the airwaves
Thing got bad and things got worse
I guess you know the tune
Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’ve been away so long I may go wrong and lose my way
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’m going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose
L.A. is a great big freeway
Put a hundred down and buy a car
In a week, maybe two, they’ll make you a star
Oh, I’m packin’ my grip and I’m leavin’ today
‘Cause I’m takin’ a trip, California way
I’m gonna settle down and never more roam
And make the San Fernando Valley my home
I’ve been lost now
Days uncounted,
And it’s months since
I’ve seen home.
Can you hear me, can you hear me,
Or am I all alone?
If you return me
To my home port,
I will kiss you
Mother earth.
Take me back now, take me back now,
To the port of my birth.
Homeward bound,
Home where my thought’s escaping,
Home where my music’s playing,
Home where my love lies waiting
Silently for me.
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn’t hold you so I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
Don’t fall away
And leave me to myself
Don’t fall away
And leave love bleeding in my hands
Tell me how it happened did it hurt did you cry?
Did you ever feel yourself falling out of the sky?
Did you ever lie awake and wonder why?
Did you ever fall asleep and dream that you died?
Now it’s time to slow things down
Because I told you life speeds up and up and up