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Where Once Were Windows

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Trucks and cars and buses on a highway in the rain
Sitting in this boxcar with a soul that's full of pain
Leave behind the memories of a past I won't regret
Thoughts of you still linger, I guess I can't forget
Sitting here with you on my mind
Something that I just can't seem to find
Crates on trains and automobiles and the sons of workmen proud
Heading down from Albany, the driver shouts out loud
Graveyards full of old, grey men and haystacks in the night
Feel the wheels beneath my feet, rockin' to the gentle beat
Sitting here with you on my mind
Something that I just can't seem to find
And the silence speaks to me
Choose just who you want to be
Let your mind and soul be free
Close your eyes and you will see
Through the windows of this car the sun is setting low
In the windows of my mind I hear a voice scream, "No!"
Boxcars full of empty dreams fill visions in my head
From the corners of my thoughts all sympathy is dead
Sitting here with you on my mind
Something that I just can't leave behind
And the silence speaks to me
Choose just who you want to be
Let your mind and soul be free
Close your eyes and you will see
Rakes and trains and aeroplanes are sailing in the sun
Rolling down the tracks, and yet my shift is never done
What there is left for me to gain, I cannot sense or see
For in the end the train still rides the circle inside me
Sitting here with you on my mind
Something that I just can't seem to find
Sitting here with you on my mind
Something that I just can't leave behind
And the silence says
"You've tried to live your life all by yourself
You've tried to leave the past behind, tried to be free."
And the silence says
"You've got to live your life all by yourself
You've got to leave the past behind, you've got to see"
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Public Library (USA)

Public Library (USA)

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"Rakes and Trains" appears on "Where Once Were Windows".

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