Lynville Train Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

The lonesome oak tree held it's fire into November 

We watched the last brown leaf hit the ground and blow away 

An evening gun shot let's him know the hunt is over 

A familiar cold moves in, somewhere between snow and rain 

Just last spring you know his heart was burning 

Before his Lynville love, hit the road to chase her dreams 

Now he thinks of her each night and in the morning 

He laces his coffee cup with whiskey instead of cream 

Her story she's changed her mind, she just can't help herself 

She wrote, "Please don't meet me at the Lynville train, I'm coming in with someone else" 

"He's a quiet man," the neighbors say 

But his pain won't go away 

So for better worse he's going down to meet the Lynville train 

He blew a tire on down to the station 

He jacked it up and thought out loud, "She never should have let me down" 

Just six months ago she vowed she was leaving 

And now she's coming in with a stranger, to settle down in Lynville town 

Her story she's changed her mind, she just can't help herself 

She wrote, "Please don't meet me at the Lynville train, I'm coming in with someone else" 

"He's a quiet man," the neighbors say 

But his pain won't go away 

So for better worse he's going down to meet the Lynville train 

Steel wheels scream, the whistles blows 

His heart is aching 

She steps onto the platform, her new love by her side 

He reaches in his coat, his hand is shaking 

The time has finally come 

This really is goodbye 

His story is he's changed his mind 

He just can't help himself 

So he's getting on board the Lynville train and moving onto some place else 

As the train pulls out 

He watches them both standing in the pouring rain 

He's headed for a new life down the line 

On the Lynville train 

For better or worse he's leaving town on the Lynville train...