[Intro] Just another Tuesday morning, Just another train to ride, Just another town I'm leaving, With the window by my side. Then the whistle called the station, And the doors swung open wide, And the usual crowd came rushing, Like the tide from side to side. [Verse 1] Then she stepped aboard the carriage, With a suitcase by her hand, Set it down with one deep sigh, Like she'd just returned from foreign lands. Well, the hat was something special, Soft lilac, wide and grand, And the glasses looked like 'seventy-three, Or some year I can't quite understand. [Pre-Chorus] Her summer dress caught the morning, Pink and violet in the breeze, And I thought, "My, my, where'd you come from?" Then she smiled as if to say, "Don't ask me where I've been." [Chorus] Oh, the lady on the train, Where will we see her kind again? Such a sight, Such a rare delight, Like a postcard that came walking through the rain. Oh, the lady on the train, Won't you take me where you're bound? 'Cause no one's seen the world Quite the way you have, And I'd like to have a look around. [Verse 2] She picked the seat beside the window, Pushed her suitcase out of sight, Gave the people in our section One quick smile and settled right. And I wondered what was in it, That old suitcase, worn and brown, Was it Tokyo in the springtime? Was it Lisbon before sundown? Or perhaps some little village Where the trains don't run on time, Where a woman wears a lilac hat And never asks permission to be fine. [Pre-Chorus] She looked out across the platform As the station slipped away, And I had the strangest feeling She'd been waiting all these years For this particular day. [Chorus] Oh, the lady on the train, Where will we see her kind again? Such a sight, Such a rare delight, Like a postcard that came walking through the rain. Oh, the lady on the train, Won't you take me where you're bound? 'Cause no one's seen the world Quite the way you have, And I'd like to have a look around. [Bridge] Now the countryside was rolling, And the afternoon was gold, She was reading something slowly, Like a secret she could hold. Then she caught me looking over, And she laughed, "We're nearly there." I said, "Pardon me, but tell me, Is there room for one more chair?" [Final Chorus] Oh, the lady on the train, I wonder if I'll meet her again. In a hat, Just like that, And a suitcase full of places far away. Oh, the lady on the train, If you're going, let me know, 'Cause no one's seen the world Quite the way you have, And I'd like to see it so. [Outro] A day like any other, Or so I thought that morning's start, But a lady in a lilac hat Went traveling through my heart. And somewhere down the railway, Where the evening meets the rain, I still look up at every station, For the lady on the train.
