The Train Never Stops (at Our Town) Lyrics - Merle Haggard

THE TRAIN THAT NEVER STOPS 

(Dallas Frazier) 

'67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI 

For years I've tried to leave this poor man's valley 

On a train that's on its way to richer ground 

Where rivers never overflow and dreams cannot be drowned 

But the train never stops at our town 

I'd like to buy a mansion for my darling 

On a way upon a mountain look it down 

I know there's a restless goal up there just waitin' to be found 

But the train never stops at our town 

Failure has to find something to blame 

And the only thing that's left is that old frame 

The darkness of the night catches me crying 

A whistle soon will blow a lonesome sound 

A spark of hope becomes a flame each time the train slows down 

But the train never stops at our town that old train never stops at our town