Downtown Train
Mary Chapin Carpenter
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# DOWNTOWN TRAIN (by Tom Waits; recorded by Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Each chord is half a measure.] not sure _exactly_ which chords are used.] [intro] Outside another yellow moon Has punched a hole in the nighttime I climb through the window and down to the street I’m shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little world You wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They’re just thorns without the rose Oh be careful of them in the dark And if I was the one You chose to be your only one Oh baby now can’t you hear me now Will I see you tonight on a downtown train Where every night is just the same; You leave me lonely now (Now) I know your window and I know it’s late I know your stairs and your doorway I walk down your street and past your gate I stand by the light at the fourway You watch them as they fall Ooh and they all have heart attacks They stay at the carnival but they’ll never win you back Will I see you tonight on a downtown train Where every night every night is just the same; you leave me lonely Will I see you tonight on a downtown train Where every night every night is just the same all upon a downtown train [instrumental] [instrumental] Will I see you tonight on a downtown train Where every night every night is just the same you leave me lonely Will I see you tonight on a downtown train Where all my dreams just fall like the rain all upon a downtown train [Fade on ...] - Adam Schneider
