The Pretenders

You Didn't Have To

The Pretenders


That old train keeps blowing 
through the center of this town 
restores my faith 
when the chips are down 

it don't take no passenger 
since the streets got re-arranged 
but that whistle still blows 
because one thing never changed 

the boy i was loving 
had to say so long 
back to a world 
where i don't belong 

it affected me so 
you could say i was deranged 
but that whistles gonna blow 
because one thing never changed 

speak to me 
speak to me again 
speak to me 
speak to me again 

that old train keeps blowing 
i can hear it in the night 
i hold onto myself 
its gonna be alright 

people come and go 
like cars changing lanes 
but that whistles gonna blow 
because one thing never changed