Train In The Distance Lyrics - Cass County - Don Henley

When I was a young boy 

Roamin' on the railroad tracks 

Put copper pennies on the rails 

Locomotive come and squash 'em flat 

We'd run to fetch 'em back 

We'd run to fetch 'em back 

Summer nights at Gran-ma's house 

Cozy in my bed 

Dreams of far-off places and other lives to be led 

Swirling in my head 

Swirling in my head 

And there's a train in the distance 

There's a whistle calling 

There's a train in the distance 

Silver moonlight falling 

Now I am a grown man 

Turning in my sleep 

Debts and obligations 

Family ties run deep 

Promises to keep 

Promises to keep 

But there's a train in the distance 

There's a whistle calling 

There's a train in the distance 

There's a light rain falling 

You can ride that train to the far end of creation 

Away from everything and everyone you know 

You better make friends with your angels and your demons 

They will be riding with you wherever you, may go 

But, you have to go 

There's a train in the distance 

There's a whistle calling 

There's a train in the distance 

Autumn leaves are falling