[Intro] Mm, mm The last train The last train [Verse 1] There’s a station light outside of town Where the gravel road goes quiet And the ticket man is closing down With his coat pulled tight beside him I can see the fields beyond the track Lying silver in the weather And I know the way to turn back home But I don’t know how to get there [Pre-Chorus] I left a girl in a bedroom mirror With ribbons in her hair She said, “Don’t go too far without me” But I couldn’t keep her there [Chorus] So I’ll ride the last train Through the dark and the rain With my hands on the window And your name in the pane I’ll ride the last train Past the places I knew Not running from where I came from Just becoming someone new [Dance Break; 144 BPM] The Last Train! (Hey!) The Last Train! (Ho!) [Verse 2; 72 BPM] There’s a diner with a broken sign Where my brother used to meet me And a church bell in the morning light That could almost still believe me But the sidewalks know a different sound Than the one I left behind me And the girl they loved in my hometown Might not know where to find me [Pre-Chorus] I kept the dust on my good shoes I kept the photograph But memory is a one-way street You can smile, but you can’t go back [Chorus] So I’ll ride the last train Through the dark and the rain With my hands on the window And your name in the pane I’ll ride the last train Past the places I knew Not running from where I came from Just becoming someone new [Dance Break; 144 BPM] The Last Train! (Hey!) The Last Train! (Ho!) [Bridge] Maybe I got taller Maybe I got cold Maybe all those bright lights Took a little gold Maybe you’ll be waiting Where the platform bends But the girl who left on Sunday Isn’t coming home again Not the same way Not the same way [Verse 3] There’s a whistle in the midnight air And it sounds like somebody crying But the engine doesn’t ask me where And the wheels don’t care I’m trying So I fold my coat beneath my head Let the window hold my reflection There are some goodbyes you never said Only miles in their direction [Final Chorus] And I’ll ride the last train Through the dark and the rain With my hands on the window And your name in the pane I’ll ride the last train Past the life that I knew Not running from where I came from Just becoming someone new [Dance Break; 144 BPM] The Last Train! (Hey!) The Last Train! (Ho!) I’ll ride the last train Till the morning comes through If home is a door I can’t open Then love is the light I carry from you [Outro] The last train The last train Illinois in the distance And my heart still listening The last train The last train Not goodbye Just motion Not goodbye Just motion
