She was beautiful as southern skies

The night he met her

She was married to someone

Now he was doggedly determined That he would get her

He was old he was young

From time to time he would tip his heart

But each time she withdrew Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Everybody thinks its true

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Everybody thinks its true Well eventually the boy the girl get married

Sure enough they have a son

And although both were occupied

With the child she carried

Disagreements had begun And in a while it just fell apart

It wasn't hard to do Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Everybody thinks its true

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance Two disappointed believers

Two people playing the game

Negotiations and love songs

Are often mistaken for one and the same Now the man and the woman

They remain in contact

Let us say its for the child

With disagreements about

The meaning of a marriage contract Conversations hard and wild

From time to time he make sher laugh

She'd cook him a meal or two Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

Everybody thinks its true

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance What is the point of this story?

What information pertains?

The thought that life could be better

Is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains

Like a train in the distance, train, train, train