Film Noir Lyrics - The Ben Taylor Band

Got on in New Haven 

Last car on the train. 

Put my hat on the seat, 

Wipe the tears from my eyes. 

I watched my life go by, 

Like a movie in my brain. 

Scenes unreeling; 

In a sceneless chain 

On the window, 

and a silver screen of rain! 

And the opening title scroll, 

and the score comes in and under. 

And I'm in the starring role, 

in a world of love-struck wonder; 

It's a tale full of promise, about two crazy kids; 

Falling in love, but in flashback. 

And then the music, 

that gorgeous music; 

And I wake up, 

Rattling down the railroad track. 

He could be sweet, 

But I stayed on my guard. 

Just how good a liar 

can a decent man be? 

I always played my hand 

Like I didn't have the cards. 

Cause he held them all 

So I could never see. 

Yes, he played me for a fool, 

and I agreed. 

And the closing credits roll, 

And the waves come in like thunder. 

Cause the hero's lost control, 

And I made a fatal blunder. 

Just another sad story; 

Two star-crossed kids, 

Racing headlong up a cul-de-sac. 

And then that music, 

That mournful music. 

And the train's disappearing 

Down that railroad track. 

And the long, slow dissolve, 

As we fade to black