Long Abandoned Tracks Lyrics - Singles - Carl Rachel

What you're working for's working against you 

if what you give you're not getting back 

though you follow their dream with a full head of steam 

you're still not in the black 

there's a junkyard full of rusted machines 

that once were Cadillacs 

driven by the lost and lonely 

down some long-abandoned tracks. 

He wanted to be a rock star 

so much he acted like one 

call it a shame when the top of your game 

comes too early and you're too young 

there's a record store dollar-bargain bin 

of would-be stars and no-name acts 

whose unplayed songs of silence lie 

on some long-abandoned tracks. 

She wanted to be a mother 

but a scientist in her dreams 

it comes with a price, every sacrifice 

to be paid in full it seems 

a family grows, goes their separate ways 

all with clean clothes on their backs 

a labcoat hangs for mother 

down some long-abandoned tracks. 

He's building a castle at low tide 

well aware of the waves washing in 

they're moving in a line, in a race against time 

he wonders, too late to begin? 

can't right recall how he got way out here 

but this is no time to relax 

ankle-deep he's staring now 

down some long-abandoned tracks. 

She's counting the days in years now 

and wonders where the time has gone 

it's a vanishing scene but long live the queen 

for the noble job she's done 

if fairytales end when the books are closed 

and gently slipped back on the racks 

tell it to the characters dancing 

down some long-abandoned tracks. 

There's a story that says they get there 

staying true to the path they choose 

with the courage to say they're not going to pay 

for an offer they can't refuse 

if somebody asks what e'er became of them 

just say they lived it to the max 

you'll find them quiet and peaceful 

down some long-abandoned tracks. 

everybody gets one free pass 

down their long-abandoned tracks.