Lucy Kaplansky Break A Train written by Cliff Eberhardt I'm headed south on a railroad train We're pulling out on time and I'm amazed Got my window seat I got my magazines Got everything I need except for you Remember when we took that train out west They almost threw us off for acting strange Made fools of all the porters We drank booze out of paper cups You showed me a good time baby But I never got enough You showed me a good time darling But I never got enough And my heart feels just as caloused As some old breakmans hands Been on the job for years He still don't understand Why the towns fade away like lovers His life has let him dowm You can brake a train you can break a heart But you never learn to like the sound I'm sitting all alone in a dining car I feel like a fool for ordering this meal It's no fun without you here I miss your teasing everytime I spill my drink Were pulling in a station I wish it was my stop I'll remeber next time to take the plane It just ain't the same without you I was a fool to try now Now im getting odd looks from a porter Like he never seen a woman cry Now im getting odd looks from a porter Like he never seen a woman cry And my heart feels just as caloused As some old breakmans hands Been on the job for years He still don't understand Why the towns fade away like lovers His life has let him dowm You can brake a train you can break a heart But you never learn to like the sound >From The Greenwich Village Folk Festival Gadfly Records 1996 Burlington, Vt 802-865-2406 Cherry Music(BMI)