《How Long Is This Train》歌词

[00:00:00] How Long Is This Train - Dan Tyminski

[00:00:10] How long is this train son

[00:00:13] I heard his fragile voice

[00:00:17] I didn't want to listen but there really was no choice

[00:00:24] It seems like it goes on forever

[00:00:28] And I waited for so long

[00:00:31] The old man's breath came slow

[00:00:34] And smelled of whiskey in the dawn

[00:00:38] On a cold November morning

[00:00:42] In the gentle mist of rain

[00:00:46] There's just so many reasons

[00:00:49] That people wait to meet a train

[00:00:58] And as I waited for my sister to

[00:01:03] Come down the metal stairs

[00:01:06] He told me that his son had

[00:01:08] Not been home in fifteen years

[00:01:13] And I barely seemed to notice the tears behind his face

[00:01:20] But his wishes were no

[00:01:22] Strangers to the people in this place

[00:01:30] The old man stood there waiting for

[00:01:33] A young man dressed in blue

[00:01:37] Then he handed him a neatly

[00:01:39] Folded flag and said for you

[00:01:45] He said your son he died

[00:01:47] A hero in the service of this flag

[00:01:53] The old man took it gently put it in his paper bag

[00:02:00] Then I left him in the rain there but I'd still hear his voice

[00:02:08] I try hard not to listen

[00:02:10] But there really is no choice

[00:02:17] On a cold November morning

[00:02:19] In the gentle mist of rain

[00:02:24] There's just so many reasons

[00:02:27] That people wait to meet a train

[00:02:37] How long is this train son

[00:02:40] I can hear the pouring rain

[00:02:44] I'm still reminded of him

[00:02:47] When I hear a passing train