My train song, featuring Glenn Taylor on pedal steel and David Farrell on bass.
Mid Morning Train
The mid morning train moans,
sound of metal on metal
echoes across this desolate plane
The heat of the summer
rolls down the side of my cheek,
trickles onto linen
Comfort of security
is topped only by thoughts
of another place far far away
I wish sleep was like the water, he said,
always flowing or held tight in a well
But sleep is sleep, and you never get enough,
And the mid morning train moans...
Solace of the orange room,
sliced by a single beam,
the dust dances and plays in the light
Whines and whistles
remind me I'm only
a prisoner of heat
And the mid morning train moans
