Hell Miss This Train

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[Verse]
Em
He started in the morning, arrived 
just in time
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Met some friends at the station, 
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for to ride the narrow line

Took a seat in the diner, made small
 talk with them all
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Took a drink from the waiter, heard
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 the last conductor call
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He seen the long dress of a woman on
 his right
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She was reading from the bible, she
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 was basking in the light

For a moment he thought he'd hear 
the words she couldn't keep inside
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He looked in vain all around him, 
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but there was no place to hide

[Chorus]
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Gotta miss this train
Running from behind, he'll miss this
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 train
Running out of time, he'll miss this
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 train
Walking down the line, he'll miss 
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this train

[Verse]
Em
She said, "All my friends are 
millionaires", and her lips were 
small and thin
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And she held him with these words 
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as her eyes began to spin

"My lover is an angel, each day we 
give our praise
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To the glory of his goodness and 
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the richness of our days"
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"But you will never know him, unless
 you ride this train
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That seeks the pure and righteous 
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for the glory of his name"

And with this she clasped an amulet 
that hung above her breast
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And she felt a tiny glory as the 
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train continued west

[Chorus]
                Am
Gotta miss this train
Running from behind, he'll miss this
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 train
Running out of time, he'll miss this
 D
 train
Walking down the line, he'll miss 
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this train

[Verse]
Em
He became distracted, to the window 
he turned his eyes
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To the desert all around him and 
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the blue that filled its skies

Cactus with its arms arose to pull 
him away
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There were stones that shine like 
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jewels, flying birds of prey
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Nothing ever called to him as the 
sun was burning bright
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And all the desert creatures were 
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hiding from the light

And the woman safely sleeping, with 
her book she'd made a nest
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And he knew he'd have to leave 
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there or his heart would never rest

[Chorus]
                Am
Gotta miss this train
Running from behind, he'll miss this
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 train
Running out of time, he'll miss this
 D
 train
Walking down the line, he'll miss 
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this train

[Verse]
Em
He jumped out the window, the sun 
was burning red
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And all he saw was desert and the 
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bones of its dead

He reached out to touch them and to 
lift them from the sand
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They looked like angels, when he 
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held them in his hand
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All at once he tried to board again,
 barbed wire cut his feet
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But all he saw was empty track and 
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the rising of the heat

So he ran for a hundred miles until 
he came to a mountain town
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Where he was told by a conductor 
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that he best just turn around

[Chorus]
                Am
Gotta miss this train
Running from behind, he'll miss this
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 train
Running out of time, he'll miss this
 D
 train
Many walking down the line, he'll 
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miss this train