cant ignore the train — 10000 Maniacs

Steep is the water tower painted off blue to match the sky

can't ignore the train

night walks in the valley silent you could swear the earth just moved

can't ignore the train

dust to be kicked up in the crack faced idle sinister town screen door to the rail station devil in her shoe

ran along side the wasted tracks hem pins darted her calves

can't ignore the train

one spoiled girl with the tidiest apology some how wedged inside her throat

can't ignore the train

patience their virtue but I never could abide by that dungeon life with electric light a clean towel and a basin mantle figures mind their place laughs where they belong

through adventure we are not adventuresome

rage to share with a wardrobe mirror in a room so beige and cold

can't ignore the train

window days saw the children pick their street games on thirty afternoons

Molly the boys are starting in the rhymic again teasing more and more....

the second daughter how she fell young locked in Some Folk's Prison made to dwell til they're braiding her grey hair

sitting in the wishing chair sitting in the wishing chair sitting in the wishing chair