Daniel Lanois

Death Of A Train

Daniel Lanois


Union Station, tombstone high 
No more tears, this fountain dry 
Nameless faces, just headlines 
We don't ride that train no more 

No resistance, turn my head 
They could go out East instead 
Newfoundland, land of my father 
I don't ride your train no more 

Cold steel shining, Battle Creek 
Eyes are heavy, rain and sea 
Massey-Ferguson memories 
Don't ride that train no more 

Hey there captain, is that you 
Could you tell me, tell me what to do 
I been twenty years on that Soo line 
We don't ride your train no more 

Smoke rises from the face of sand 
dreams about, dreams of beaver dams 
Sam can't hear quite like he used to 
Tell them why we don't ride no more 

Hey Pierre Trudeau oh, where are you? 
My friend to lead us through 
these hard times, so much confusion 
I don't hear your train no more 

I can't ride no more... (repeat)