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Waiting On A TrainWaiting On A Train(© Words and Music by Andy Hill) You were seven years old, just a little girl When that silent telephone finally rang You caught a bus alone Out into the great big world You waited four nights in the rain On a father who never came For his little girl waiting on a train They finally found you and they brought you home But only the hearts of the abandoned would know the pain That you were born to bear everywhere you’d roam A woman forever split in twain And forever would remain Part little girl… Waiting on a train Waiting on a train Your head says, “He’s long gone” But your heart says, “Maybe tomorrow” in vain And you move on while you’re still Waiting on a train Its petty-crime mornings It’s always fight or flight It’s hardened shells and sharpened wits It’s bluster and shame It’s your mother’s ghost on a funeral night Then it’s tears and more cocaine Enough just to sustain That little girl… One day you’ll rise and break the chain From the echo of your father’s name… No more waiting Waiting on a train |