Downbound Train

Song Downbound Train
Artist The Smithereens
Album Anthology: From Jersey It Came

Lyrics

[00:15.68] I had a job, I had a girl
[00:19.30] I had something going mister in this world
[00:23.51] I got laid off down at the lumber yard
[00:27.48] Our love went bad, times got hard
[00:31.70] Now I work down at the carwash
[00:34.71] Where all it ever does is rain
[00:39.75] Don′t you feel like you′re a rider on a downbound train
[00:47.42] She just said "Joe I gotta go
[00:51.50] We had it once we ain′t got it any more"
[00:55.29] She packed her bags left me behind
[00:59.43] She bought a ticket on the Central Line
[01:03.37] Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
[01:07.57] I feel her kiss in the misty rain
[01:11.59] And I feel like I′m a rider on a downbound train
[01:36.20] Last night I heard your voice
[01:39.27] You were crying, crying, you were so alone
[01:43.61] You said your love had never died
[01:48.04] You were waiting for me at home
[01:51.80] Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
[01:55.66] I ran till I thought my chest would explode
[02:00.06] There in the clearing, beyond the highway
[02:04.57] In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
[02:08.08] I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
[02:12.10] My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
[02:16.37] The room was dark, our bed was empty
[02:20.64] Then I heard that long whistle whine
[02:24.70] And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried
[02:32.53] Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang
[02:36.64] Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
[02:40.63] Now don′t it feel like you′re a rider on a downbound train

Pinyin

[00:15.68] I had a job, I had a girl
[00:19.30] I had something going mister in this world
[00:23.51] I got laid off down at the lumber yard
[00:27.48] Our love went bad, times got hard
[00:31.70] Now I work down at the carwash
[00:34.71] Where all it ever does is rain
[00:39.75] Don t you feel like you re a rider on a downbound train
[00:47.42] She just said " Joe I gotta go
[00:51.50] We had it once we ain t got it any more"
[00:55.29] She packed her bags left me behind
[00:59.43] She bought a ticket on the Central Line
[01:03.37] Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining
[01:07.57] I feel her kiss in the misty rain
[01:11.59] And I feel like I m a rider on a downbound train
[01:36.20] Last night I heard your voice
[01:39.27] You were crying, crying, you were so alone
[01:43.61] You said your love had never died
[01:48.04] You were waiting for me at home
[01:51.80] Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods
[01:55.66] I ran till I thought my chest would explode
[02:00.06] There in the clearing, beyond the highway
[02:04.57] In the moonlight, our wedding house shone
[02:08.08] I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door
[02:12.10] My head pounding hard, up the stairs I climbed
[02:16.37] The room was dark, our bed was empty
[02:20.64] Then I heard that long whistle whine
[02:24.70] And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried
[02:32.53] Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang
[02:36.64] Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain
[02:40.63] Now don t it feel like you re a rider on a downbound train