THOMAS WESTON ( Chorus ) Thomas Weston stepped in front of a train "Better pull the wash off the lines, Looks like rain New rail 'round the porch Fresh paint on the sills But then again Thomas Weston stepped in front of a train ( VERSE ) Never kept his boots tied So, he couldn't outrun the sin Seemed unwillin' to hold his heart In most'a anything Then come the day Andrea Cole Stirred in riding a shallowed wind Left him stranded in the diamond at the highway shoulder That was all for Thomas Weston Nothin' out there for him See tracks sizzle a devil - gold As they snake through the sugar cane Black crow eyeing a new born kitten From the rust frozen weather vane You can taste the bitterness Of folks moving through the pain Since 19 year old Thomas Weston Stepped in front of an ancient train ( Bridge ) Ball field gets cut on Friday And a hot breeze blows Games get goin' on Saturday Hardly anybody shows Wednesday it's yard sale morning Where you can buy back something you already sold And if the girl handlin' money flashes Yesterday eyes Thomas Weston would never know ( Repeat Chorus ) ( VERSE ) A grey dove swept down on me As I slept in a bed with a wife and kid Could take me a lifetime to figure From which bolted window it flew in It woke me hard from a dream of Thomas Weston Could it happen to me, whatever happened to him? Then in the nearin' distance Rumbled a six car freighter To silence the midnight din
