Station Master

(album: Songbook - 1999)

In the dawn's early light from a long and a sleepless night
She returned again this morning from her long and restless flight
And my red hollow eyes did not show her much surprise
As she lay right down beside me like she never said goodbye

Please help me, station master, is the evening train on time
The well's run dry up yonder, there's another down the line

It was all I could bear just to watch her lying there
This old and ragged princess with the sun locked in her hair
So cold, so frail with her mind locked in a jail
The victim of confusion, never knowing she could fail

Please help me, station master, is the evening train on time
The well's run dry up yonder, there's another down the line

So I rocked her to sleep then I got up on my feet
And the day was filled with sunshine as I gazed across the street
And the door seemed to say, "Over here, step this way
The station is for travelers, even you must ride someday"

Please help me, station master, is the evening train on time
The well's run dry up yonder, there's another down the line

Please help me, station master, can I stay for just a while
Forgive me if I'm weary I ain't had much, much time to smile