Day was growing ***, the sun was on the rimAs I wandered in my old hometownCome from miles away, home for just a dayNo one to hear me thinking out loudThey sent his body and we laid him downWhat a day it's been, a hundred friendsSaying they're so sorry that it had to beMother is the one, now she lost her sonLost her only brother back in 43And I wonder why it wasn't meRight then I heard the evening trainWild enough to rock my soulRight when my heart turned over in painI heard the evening trainI smoked a cigaretteThere's things I can't forgetSeemed returning from my whole life longWhen we were boysHe'd help me fix my toysIn high school football he was fast and strongAnd I know that it's been done wrongSomebody said he's lucky that he's deadHe's dead alreadyAnd I've been wounded and it ruins meBut he's no man at allA soldier that did fallLost and lonely in a foreign landHow I wish that I could shake his handRight then I heard the evening trainLoud enough to rock my soulI heard the evening train loud enough to rock my soulAnd I wonder why it wasn't meRight then I heard the evening trainWild enough to rock my soulLost my soulI heard the evening trainRight when my heart turned over in painI heard the evening trainRight then I heard the evening trainThank you for watching!