[intro] [verse] Morning finds her suitcases all lined up in the hall Always full of grace she phrases this as both our call 'Quite a haul' I say and cringe An age of silence falls I know she won’t be back for a curtain call [verse] When I decreed that the aggrieved could never ever win When I foretold she’s wrong from ‘bout the time she’s walkin’ in Retrospect saw disrespect was taking up within Let moving on and movin’ out begin [chorus] My girl says that she must be moving on She misses me and needs another home Honesty requires another doctrine Baby’s catching the last train to Cochran [verse] Friends turned to "more-than-that" since we were very young Sprung for ring Took bent knee convinced she was the one Conjoined like twins with mine her name just rolled from the tongue But some songs once you sing can’t be unsung [verse] A car crash is a thing that people stop to see Help is given Calls are made unquestionably In another car behind them cancer slowly grows Some scars grow from things that no one knows [instrumental] [chorus] My girl says that she must be moving out Headed down mid-Georgia thereabouts Sometimes living means that one must shed old skin Baby’s catching the last train to Cochran The last train to Cochran [verse] Help her to the car A smarter man might have done more Surely she’ll be back and all will be as was before Shortly engine dwindles down the road a fading roar I’ll never see my love here anymore [chorus] My girl said that she must be moving on She misses me but needs another home Honesty requires another doctrine Baby’s catching the last train to Cochran My Love is catching the last train to Cochran [outro] Rain has started up like never stoppin’ I come in from the rain most cold and sopping Pause a bit on weather re-port while channel hoppin’ I wonder what it’s like now down in Cochran Maybe I best take a ride down to Cochran. [end]
