Homebound Train

[Intro]     /        /   [Verse 1] When I was a boy just ten years old Fishing with my uncle on Lake Champlain He got a call real late one night Took me down to a homebound train. He said ’Son your daddy’s not well.              Dadd11                 G He needs you home and he needs you now.’ He knew much more than he would tell            Dadd11         G It made no difference anyhow. [Verse 2] I sat all night on the homebound train I saw my daddy in my mind. And how it happened I can’t explain I saw him wave and leave me behind. Just ten years old on a homebound train           Dadd11               G I said my prayers as children do Like a song you sing to an old refrain                       Dadd11          G ’Please God please God it’s up to you.’ [Break]     /        /   [Verse 3] I dreamed the train had dropped me off Broken clouds and the glimpse of a star. There stood Momma and there stood Sue And there was Daddy in the car. I dreamed he held me while I cried                 Dadd11               G Saying "It’s alright son I’m still here" His big arm around my shoulder           Dadd11           G His shirt sleeve to dry my tears. [Verse 4] Train pulled in I climbed down Clouds so low no sign of a star. There stood Momma and there stood Sue I sat there alone in the back of the car. It started to rain as we pulled away           Dadd11                G Rained so hard with the wind so cold Streets so empty and the sky so gray           Dadd11                   G Daddy was gone and I was ten years old. [Outro]     /        /