Intro: Just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy another fader-in from Cincinatti You were always watching, watching the trains roll by Yeah, you know I love you, everything you carry Another redeye, Mobile, Albany You were always watching, watching the train roll by So, tell me, what's going on in Graniteville Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill It's a quiet little city that grew up together with your picture looking out your grandmother's window There's a black train rolling through the middle of the night Finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide If we ever wake up in Graniteville Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will Trying so hard just to get away some people want to die in a quiet place where everybody's always watching, watching the trains roll by Yeah, you have a place to go when it's never enough Little hard to pay the toll, train's in a rush out of town, it's always leaving, waving the girl goodbye, goodbye Yeah, but every town is small when it comes to you Just like everyone's asleep when it's passing through All night I heard the scream of a million tongues (held) So wake up, pretty baby, turn the light on (held) tonight there's something different, something gone wrong We've been sleeping too long, so long So, tell me, what's going on in Graniteville Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill It's a quiet little city that grew up together with your picture looking out your grandmother's window There's a black train rolling through the middle of the night Finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide If we ever wake up in Graniteville Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' Don't you leave me or forsake me Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' Don't you know how much I love you? Wake up, baby, and hear the screeching whole town drifting off to dreamin' Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' Winter's leaving, Spring has sprung in Wake up, baby, hear the screaming Whole town dies while it's still sleeping (ritard) Wake up, baby, there's a train a'comin' Don't forget, you know I love you.
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