Play A Train Song Lyrics - Snider Todd

A smoke, a long black cadillac, 

the engine's winding down. 

He'd park it up on the sidewalk 

like he owned the whole damn town. 

I'd hear him talkin' to some chick 

through a thick ghost of smoke, 

through a thicker haze of Southern Comfort and coke, 

say, Girl you're hotter than a hinge 

hangin' off the gates of hell. 

Don't be afraid to turn to me, 

babe, if he don't treat you well, 

and by he he meant me, 

so I laughed and I shook his hand. 

He'd laugh a little bit louder as he'd 

yell up at the band: 

Play a train song, 

pour me one more round, 

make 'em leave my boots on when they lay me into the ground. 

I am a runaway locomotive, 

outta my one track mind, 

and I'm lookin' for any kinda trouble that I can find 

I got this old black leather jacket 

I got this pack of Marlboro Reds 

I got this stash here in my pocket 

I got these thoughts in my own head 

the right to run until I gotta walk 

or until I got to crawl 

this moment that I'm in right now and nothing else at all 

Play a train song, 

pour me one more round, 

make 'em leave my boots on when they lay me into the ground. 

I am a runaway locomotive, 

outta my one track mind. 

In the television blizzard lights 

I looked around this place. 

I found a cold beer on the sofa, 

a little smile across his face, 

and though I tried with all of my sadness, 

somehow I could not just weep 

for a man who looked to me like he died laughin' in his sleep, 

sayin' a train song, 

drinkin' one last round. 

We made 'em leave his boots on on the day they layed him down. 

He was a runaway locomotive 

out of his one track mind. 

Play a train song 

Play a train song 

Play a train song