Train Junkie

(album: Five Interstates - 2008)

Have you ever seen a hobo, a forgotten freight yard shadow?
Would you ever take your chances on a train?
'Cause when it comes to riding, are you wasting time deciding
Are you jumping on, or jumping off again?

I was hot from North Dakota, on my way to Minnesota
And I had to take my chances on a train
Driver started rolling, that ol' whistles started blowing
I was there, and then I was good as gone again
Don't you ever take your chances on a train

I won't be around forever, but I'm still a firm believer
That I gotta go rolling down the track
A million miles behind me, a million more remind me
My better days, when more I'd understand
If I gotta go going down the track

I got caught between two places, and a couple tired old faces
They had to take their chances on a train
We went north through Minnesota, on a St. Paul Manitoba
We were headed off and hell bent once again
We had to take our chances on a train

Have you ever seen a hobo, a forgotten freight yard shadow?
Would you ever take your chances on a train?
'Cause when it comes to riding, are you wasting time deciding
Are you jumping on, or jumping off again?
Did you ever take your chances on a train?
Would you ever take your chances on a train?