[00:25.09]Shadows come creepin' down the alleys,
[00:30.66]Lonesome lines the boulevard
[00:32.34]
[00:38.53]Neon flickers to the rhythm of the night,
[00:42.28]
[00:44.47]But this evenin', sleep is coming hard
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[00:53.59]Down the concrete hallways in this part of town
[00:57.28]
[01:01.15]You can hear the young hearts drowning in thirst for life
[01:04.86]
[01:08.92]The back streets full of mystery, people
[01:11.61]
[01:12.73]Frozen in their dreams
[01:13.92]
[01:14.86]Too little mercy, too little love,
[01:17.36]
[01:19.36]Too much night, it's too much tonight
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[01:23.11]Chorus:
[01:23.92]The eastern avenue runs level with the river
[01:28.61]
[01:30.42]In between lies the freight yard of boxcar blues
[01:34.61]
[01:38.42]Eastern avenue railway, come on, come on and deliver
[01:44.29]
[01:45.36]This load of tears and this pair of walking shoes
[01:49.36]
[01:52.80]Boy's got the eastern avenue river railway blues
[01:57.67]
[02:14.48]Trapped between him and the city,
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[02:22.11]He packed a bag and took one south bound over the line
[02:25.86]
[02:29.86]Trapped between him and the pity, he suffers for those unfaithful times
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[02:45.69]Well, eastbound river railway runs swift and hard
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[02:52.88]He swears tonight he's gonna take that ride
[03:01.94]Jerk a cold steel freight train right down the boulevard
[03:07.38]He ain't gonna stop 'til all the loneliness collides
[03:13.32]
[03:14.44]'Cause it's too much tonight