Train In The Distance Lyrics - Paul Simon

She was beautiful as Southern skies the night he met her 

She was married to someone 

He was doggedly determined that he would get her 

He was old, she was young 

From time to time he'd tip his heart 

But each time she withdrew 

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance 

Everybody thinks it's true 

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance 

Everybody thinks it's true 

Well, eventually the boy and the girl get married 

Sure enough, they have a son 

And though they were both occupied with the child she carried 

Disagreements had begun 

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And in a while, they fell apart 

It wasn't hard to do 

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance 

Everybody thinks it's true 

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance 

Everybody thinks it's true 

Two disappointed believers 

Two people playing the game 

Negotiations and love songs 

Are often mistaken for one and the same 

Now the man and the woman, they remain in contact 

Let us say it's for the child 

With disagreements about the meaning of a marriage contract 

Conversations hard and wild 

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But from time to time, he makes her laugh 

She cooks a meal of two 

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance 

Everybody thinks it's true 

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance 

Everybody thinks it's true 

What is the point of this story? 

What information pertains 

The thought that life could be better 

Is woven indelibly 

Into our hearts 

And our brains