How Long Is This Train - Dan Tyminski

作词：Tim Stafford

作曲：Tim Stafford

How long is this train son

I heard his fragile voice

I didn't want to listen but there really was no choice

It seems like it goes on forever

And I waited for so long

The old man's breath came slow

And smelled of whiskey in the dawn

On a cold November morning

In the gentle mist of rain

There's just so many reasons

That people wait to meet a train

And as I waited for my sister to

Come down the metal stairs

He told me that his son had

Not been home in fifteen years

And I barely seemed to notice the tears behind his face

But his wishes were no

Strangers to the people in this place

The old man stood there waiting for

A young man dressed in blue

Then he handed him a neatly

Folded flag and said for you

He said your son he died

A hero in the service of this flag

The old man took it gently put it in his paper bag

Then I left him in the rain there but I'd still hear his voice

I try hard not to listen

But there really is no choice

On a cold November morning

In the gentle mist of rain

There's just so many reasons

That people wait to meet a train

How long is this train son

I can hear the pouring rain

I'm still reminded of him

When I hear a passing train