Wish I Was a Railroad Train

I wish I was a railroad train

Far out on the western plain

My whistle’d blow all through the night

Freedom with no end in sight

If I could be the oceans wide

I’d let the storm clouds be my guide

The wind would be my on true friend

Take me far away from where I’ve been

Somewhere between who I was meant to be and who I am

Remains not a single rock unturned

Surely there will come a time when I can understand

Surely there will come a time I learn

If I could be a mountain tall

I’d look out and see it all

The fields below me white with snow

And the little rocks from which I’d grown

If I were a single leaf

In a forest of a million trees

No one would see me wave along

But I’d be right where I belonged

Somewhere between who I was meant to be and who I am

Remains not a single rock unturned

Surely there will come a time when I can understand

Surely there will come a time I learn