I know that you've been feeling tired

I hear your voice is wearing thin

I know you've slept so many places in the past few days

You can't remember just what bed you're in

There's something familiar about this room

Anywhere you go it's just like you've been there before

'Cause if you want to step outside this body and this world

You're going to have to go through a different kind of door

And this train only runs in summertime

The children have been let out of school

You haven't packed, the bottoms of your shoes are cracked

But your passport has been kissed by the holy fool

He's smiling, cross-eyed, barefoot dressed in rags

Bent down, talking to the crows

He's got no words to tell you, just some magic beans to sell you

Plant them and in time the tracks will grow

And this train only runs in summertime

Parents are lying beside the pool

The cup is cracked, it's broken by the tracks

But your passport has been kissed by the holy fool

Are you looking for salvation?

Are you looking for answers, for Jesus

For dancers to serve you some warmth on cold nights?

Are you looking for the thing that looks out through your eyes?

For something that won't leave your side?

On this lonely planet where everything's waving goodbye

I know that you've been working hard

You want the whole world to see how brightly you can glow

But if you'd just trade everything for that small bag of dried-up beans

It's only time until the whistle blows

And this train only runs in summertime

The children have been let out of school

You haven't packed, the bottoms of your shoes are cracked

But your passport has been kissed by the holy fool

And this train only runs in summertime

The only contradiction is the rule

It's moving past, but it's not going too fast

And an open empty boxcar stares at you