Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Oh, the evening train is rolling
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All along the homeward way
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All my hopes are over the horizon
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All my dreams have gone away [?]
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The hillside darkly shaded
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Stars fall from above
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All the joys of earth have faded
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The nights untouched by love
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I’ll be here ’til tomorrow
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Beneath a shroud of gray
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I’ll pretend I’m free from sorrow
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My heart is miles away
Ab
The dead bells are ringing
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My train is overdue
Ab
To your memory I’m clinging
Ab D# Ab
I can’t escape from you
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Ab
Well I hear the sound of thunder
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Roaring loud and long
Ab
Sometimes you’ve got to wonder
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God knows I’ve done no wrong
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You’ve wasted all your power
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You threw out the Christmas pie
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Now you wither like a flower
Ab D# Ab
You'll play the fool and die
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I’m neither sad nor sorry
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I’m all dressed up in black
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I fought for fame and glory
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You tried to break my back
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In the far-off sweet forever
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The sunshine breaking through
Ab
We should have walked together
Ab D# Ab
I can’t escape from you
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
Ab
I cannot grasp the shadows
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That gather near the door
Ab
Rain fall ’round my window
Ab D# Ab
I wish I’d seen you more
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The path is ever winding
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The stars they never age
Ab
The morning light is blinding
Ab D# Ab
All the world’s a stage
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Should be the time of gladness
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Happy faces everywhere
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But the mystery of madness
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Is propagating in the air
Ab
I don’t like the city
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Not like some folks do
Ab
Isn’t it a pity
Ab D# Ab
I can’t escape from you
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
Ab Ab7
We plough the fields of heaven
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Right down to the end
Ab
I hope I can be forgiven
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If any words of mine offend
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All our days were splendid
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They were simple, they were plain
Ab
It never should have ended
Ab D# Ab
I should have kissed you in the rain
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I’ve been thinking things all over
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All the moments full of grace
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The primrose and the clover
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Your ever-changing face
Ab
Can’t help looking at ya
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You made love with God knows who
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Never found a gal to match ya
Ab D# Ab
I can't escape from you
[Interlude]
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[Coda]
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