The Railyard

Oh my sweet little darling dear When these words reach your ears I'll be long gone from here All alone in a railyard The shrill whistle blows Oh where I'm a-going really god only knows I'll call her Eliza, the girl with no name All wrapped up in silence, in secrets, in pain In the north country winter, both tied to the road She smiled and said nothing, I bared her my soul And I know that I loved her, but I couldn't say why And all of that silence might well have been lies She cried out "I love you, but I'll never be free It 'aint no use guessing, just forget about me" Ooh It's lonesome out here on the road Where the last points of fire that light the night sky Burn down to their embers and flicker and die Ooh My fingers go numb in the cold Where the last little spark that's disrupting the dark Is the last bit of feeling that's left in my heart My footsteps were haunted for many long weeks I couldn't find shelter in those dull dusty streets So I found me a railcar with no windows, no doors Poured out all my love on the cold rusty floor And in the gray morning I was long gone, away In a far eastern country where the language is strange Where the seabirds they circle no ocean nearby Like lost souls they're crying, lamenting their flight The sun rises and sets in the same goddamn place Shadows circle my body and laugh in my face Though I set out to find me a whole brand new life I don't want to forget her, I don't want to die Ooh It's lonesome out here on the road Where the last points of fire that light the night sky Burn down to their embers and flicker and die Ooh My fingers go numb in the cold Where the last little spark that's disrupting the dark Is that last bit of feeling that's left in my heart