The Mercy of the Wheels - John Gorka

I heard a train calling

Through the middle of the night

I heard the whistle

And the mercy of the wheels

It's a hand to mouth existence

In a mouth to nothing world

I was longing

For the way I used to feel

I'd like to catch a train

That could go back in time

That could make alot of stops

Along the way

I would go to see me Father

With the eyes he left behind

I would go for all the words

I'd like to say

And I'd take along a sandwich

And a picture of my girl

And show them all

That I made out ok

I heard a train calling

Through the middle of the night

And I wondered if I

Should have gotten on

'Cause a train knows where it's going

And when it's time to go

And that it looks best

When it's already gone

I heard a train calling

Through the middle of a dream

And I wandered through the weeds

As it went by

Oh the trains they have the numbers

The nicknames and the nights

They know it's ok

To run away and cry

I'd like to catch a train

That could go back in time

That could make alot of stops

Along the way

I would go to see me Father

With the eyes he left behind

I would go for all the words

I'd like to say

And I'd take along a sandwich

And a picture of my girl

And show them all

That I made out ok

I heard a train calling

Through the middle of the night

I heard the whistle

And the mercy of the wheels