2:19 Lyrics - Orphans - Tom Waits

(Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan) 

I lost everything I had in the '29 flood 

The barn was buried 'neath a mile of mud 

Now I've got nothing but the whistle and the steam 

My baby's leaving town on the 2: 19 

I said, hey, hey, I don't know what to do 

I will remember you 

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do 

My baby's leaving town on the 2: 19 

Now there's a fellow that's preaching 'bout hell and damnation 

Bouncing off the walls of the Grand Central Station 

I treated her bad, I treated her mean 

Baby's leaving town on the 2: 19 

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I said, hey, hey, I will remember you 

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do 

Hey, I don't know what to do 

My baby's leaving town on the 2: 19 

Now I've always been puzzled by the yin and the yang 

It'll come out in the wash, but it always leaves a stain 

Sturm and Drang, the luster and the sheen 

My baby's leaving town on the - 

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do 

Hey, hey, I will remember you 

Hey, hey, I will remember you 

My baby's leaving town on the 2: 19 

Lost the baby with the water, and the preacher stole the bride 

Sent her out for a bottle, but when she came back inside 

She didn't have my whiskey, didn't have my gin 

With a hat full of feathers and a wicked grin 

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I said, hey, hey, I will remember you 

Yeah baby, I will remember you 

My baby's leaving town on the 2: 19 

On the train you get smaller, as you get farther away 

The roar covers everything you wanted to say 

Was that a raindrop or a tear in your eye? 

Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye? 

Hey, hey, I will remember you 

Hey, hey, I don't know what to do 

Oh baby 

My baby's leaving town on the 2: 19 

I will remember you 

I don't know what to do, baby