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Brooklyn Train Lyrics by Lucy Kaplansky

The Red Thread

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[Verse 1]
\nI'm a rider of the city on this Brooklyn train
\nHeld by the crowd, face to face
\nFreeze frames in time move through me
\nMoments and lives I won't again see
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nPack of kids gets on board
\nLoud and laughing, they rule the car
\nNon-stop rhythm of words and speed
\nThe sound of the young, the sound of the city
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nDown below on iron veins
\nRolling waves of subway trains
\nRails of mercy cross the lives of men
\nSafe in the body of New York again
\n
\n[Verse 3]
\nAsian men selling fire trucks and flags
\nTo the mix of voices of a doo-wop band
\nSailors in whites dance and swing
\n'Neath the streets, part of everything
\n
\n[Verse 4]
\nA family just arrived from JFK
\nA couple of boys, another on the way
\nA mother is watching, remembers her son
\nBuys some fire trucks, gives each of them one
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nDown below on iron veins
\nRolling waves of subway trains
\nRails of mercy cross the lives of men
\nSafe in the body of New York again
\n
\n[Bridge]
\nAnd in all these others it's myself I see
\nAnd the threads that connect these faces to me
\nAnd those who rode these rails before me
\nAnd the others who will ride this train after me
\n
\n[Verse 5]
\nWilliamsburg Bridge, sun hits the train
\nAs it rises over the city again
\nNobody speaks, everyone stares
\nRemembering all that used to be there
\nAnd only the living know what loss means
\nWe're riding together on this morning train
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nDown below on iron veins
\nRolling waves of subway trains
\nRails of mercy cross the lives of men
\nSafe in the body of New York again
\nSafe in the body of New York again\n\n
Credits
Lucy Kaplansky

Lucy Kaplansky

About “Brooklyn Train” by Lucy Kaplansky

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"Brooklyn Train" appears on "The Red Thread".

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