From the recording Station By Station
Lyrics
Ask me not for where I’m bound
Now that I have been set free
For these chains still weigh me down
Hanging on so desperately
It’ll take some cold, steel rails
to break these binds
Split the links but take a limb
Left slowly bleeding, southbound line
Station by Station the towns roll away
I can’t get no sleep
The conductor sings his song of “ticket please”
I show him you, he just walks past
This train slowly rumbles through the night
The dining car is empty save for
One soul, looks a lot like me
Empty bottle, empty glass
His expression makes the three
The whistle blows that mournful tone
Like in all those songs of fame
Pull the brake to slow it down
Or jump off just the same
Station by Station the towns roll away
I can’t get no sleep
The conductor sings his song of “ticket please”
I show him you, he just walks past
This train slowly rumbles through the….
Station by Station the towns roll away
I can’t get no sleep
The conductor sings his song of “ticket please”
I show him you, he just walks past
This train slowly rumbles through the night