The walls are built up stone by stone The yield's divided one by one And the train conductor says Take a break, drive away, drive away, take a break We've been on this ship too long And the train conductor says Take a break, drive away, drive away, take a break We can't reach our destination It's too late today, it's too late today I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm The power lines have floated so the airplanes won't get snapped The bells are ringing through the town again The children look up all they hear is sky blue bells ring And the train conductor says Take a break, drive away, drive away, take a break We can't reach our destination It's too late today, it's too late today It's too late today, it's too late today A way to sit away to eat A way to put myself to sleep A way to sit away to eat A way to put myself, my children to sleep Violet did this song and I made her like that one She is silent based on the girl's helpers say Locomotive A to Southern Press And hear the bells ring again The field's weed is looking thin And the train conductor says Take a break, drive away, drive away, take a break We've been on this *** too long And the train conductor says Take a break, drive away, drive away, take a break We can't reach our destination It's too late today, it's too late today It's too late today, it's too late today