Well I broke down in East Saint Louis On the Kansas City line and I drunk up all my money that I borrowed every time and I fell down at the derby and now the night's black as a crow It was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home         What made my dreams so hollow I was standing there at the depot with a steeple full of swallows that could never ring the bell and I come ten thousand miles away with not one thing to show well it was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home         I remember when I left without bothering to pack you know I up and left with nothin' but the clothes I had on my back now I'm sorry for what I've done and I'm out here on my own well it was a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me home         it must've been a train that took me away from here but a train can't bring me ... can't bring me home