Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Just a small town southern boy in my Carolina home
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I would watch the train as it rolled down the track
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Standing by the trestles in the morning all alone
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How I'd count the days till it came rolling back
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But now those days have come and gone and they've tore the stations down
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And I miss the freedom that I felt inside
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Before my heart was ever broken and the trains still came around
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How I'd like to climb on board and take a ride
[Chorus]
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Just to climb inside a box car and go down an endless line
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To outrun all the heartaches and the worries in my mind
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To ramble town to town till my days on earth are done
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Oh, where's a train when you need one?
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Oh, where's a train when you need one?
[Mandolin Solo ad lib]
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[Fiddle Solo ad lib]
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[Verse 2]
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But now the years have made their change in this sleepy little town
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And I'm left with hardly any peace of mind
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What I'd give to hear that whistle and to see that train again
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And to let it carry me on down the line
[Chorus]
Dm C
Just to climb inside a box car and go down an endless line
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To outrun all the heartaches and the worries in my mind
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To ramble town to town till my days on earth are done
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Oh, where's a train when you need one?
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Oh, where's a train when you need one?
[Banjo Solo ad lib]
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[Chorus]
Dm C
Just to climb inside a box car and go down an endless line
A# F C
To outrun all the heartaches and the worries in my mind
A# F A#
To ramble town to town till my days on earth are done
F C Dm A#
Oh, where's a train when you need one?
F C A#
Oh, where's a train when you need one?
F C Dm A#
Oh, where's a train when you need one?
F C A# F
Oh, where's a train when you need one?