The Train That Stole My Man                        (Two Gallants)

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My Daddy was a rounder 

Had to make himself some change 
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Climbed down off the mountain 

Shaved his head and caught a train 
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But I keep my skillet greasy 
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Keep my lamp trimmed 'n' low 
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My weary feet, these floors I walk 
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But why I'll never know 
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And I hear echoes of his heart 
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Beating back from distant lands 

And I hear the lonesome whistle 
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Of that train that stole my man 

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And I cuddle to my child 

Teach him to bear the shame 

To take the blows 

That choose the frows and 

Earn an honest name 
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But money's running low, you know? 
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No friends to help me through 
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Just one last thing I can sell 
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And that will have to do 
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But I feel hunger in my sunken cheeks 
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In the tremble of my hand 

And I feel the rumblin' of the wheels 
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Of that train that stole my man 

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My mind just takes to ramblin' 

As the day goes walkin' west 

And Magnus comes a-crawlin' 

Through that hole inside my breast 
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And sorrow sings the simple song 
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That screams the whole night through 
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A melody of him and me 
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That never rang so true 
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And I see dark clouds on the rise 
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And I see midgets in the sand 

They paint my sight with visions 
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Of that train that stole my man 

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And I dreamt I found his crossroads 
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In the land of sticks and stones 

Where the peggy worries of the heart 
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Are worries so unknown 
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He took me in his arms, you know 
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And tied me to his side 
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Caught that first wind off the hills 
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And further we did ride 
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Well I felt his touch upon my breast 
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That unforgiving hand 

But when I woke, could smell the smoke 
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Of that train that stole my man 

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Now the wind runs through my skin 
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And the rain runs through my eyes 

Can't find no ground to hold my feet 
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Lord knows how hard I tries! 
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For come the dawn, I'll clean my teeth 
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And powder up my chest 
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Take off this faded apron, babe 
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And put on my Sunday best 
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To bind the strings to fix my heart 
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I'm gonna look to holy lands 

And lay my back down on the track 
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Of that train that stole my man

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