It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry

(album: Highway 61 Revisited - 1965)

Well, I ride on a mailtrain, babe
Can't buy a thrill
Well, I've been up all night
Leaning on the window sill
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it
You know my baby will

Don't the moon look good, mama
Shining through the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama
Flagging down the "Double E"?
Don't the sun look good
Going down over the sea?
Don't my gal look fine
When she's coming after me?

Now the wintertime is coming
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost