Train arrive 16 coaches long
Train arrive 16 coaches long
Well that long black train
Got my baby and gone
Train train rolling round the bend
Train train rolling round the bend
Well it took my baby
Away from me again

Come down to the station
Meet my baby at the gate
Asked the station master
If the train's running late
He said "If you're a-waiting
on the 444
I hate to tell you son
That train don't stop here anymore"

Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
But some times at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones

She walks these hills, in a long black veil.
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees.
Nobody knows, but me.

Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did.
All five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore

And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds of what was everything.
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly

Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
you had a busy day today

She ain't lonely now
See her shuffle 'cross the floor
Yeah, she's happier now
See her smile and say 'come on'

Let's dance all night
Let's dance all night
Let's dance all night
Yeah, I think she'll be alright

Softly she comes
Whispers the breeze with her passing
In secret love she is laughing
Softly she comes in the night
Softly she sighs
Sweetly she lies never sleeping
Her fragrance all in my keeping
Softly she comes in the night

Down the darkened hall
I hear her footsteps on my stair
And she is in my arms once more

Then softly she goes
Her shining lips in the shadows
Whisper goodbye at my window
Softly she goes in the dawn

Baby
you're my angel
Come and save me tonight
you're my angel
Come and make it all right

Don't know what I'm gonna do
About this feeling inside
Yes it's true - Loneliness
took me for a ride
Without your love - I'm
nothing but a begger
Without your love - a
dog without a bone
What can I do I'm sleeping
in this bed alone

Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm

You're bringing me down, I'm running aground,
Blind in the lights of the interstate cars,
Passing me by, the busses and the semis,
Plugging like stones from a slingshot from mars.

But I'm here on the road, bound to the load,
That I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars.
Alone with the rush of the drivers that won't pick me up,
The highway, the moon, and clouds and the stars.

Black throated wind, keeps on pourin' in,
With it's words of a life where nothing is new,
Ah, mother american night, I pass from the light,
Ah, I'm drownin' in you.

You got me runnin' goin' out of my mind,
You got me thinkin' that I'm wastin' my time.
Don't bring me down,no no no no no,
I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down.

You wanna stay out with your fancy friends.
I'm tellin' you it's got to be the end,
Don't bring me down,no no no no no,
I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down.

When you complain, and criticize
I feel I'm nothing in your eyes
It makes me feel like giving up
Because my best just ain't good enough

Girl I want to provide for you
And do all the things you want me to

Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
I'm beggin' you darlin'
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down

you no harm Believe me when I tell you I'll never do you no harm
Oh! Darling, if you leave meI'll never make it aloneBelieve me when I beg youDon't ever leave me alone
When you told meYou didn't need me anymoreWell you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told meYou didn't need me anymoreWell you know I nearly broke down and died
Oh! Darling, if you leave meI'll never make it aloneBelieve me when I tell youI'll never do you no harmBelieve me darling
When you told meYou didn't need me anymoreWell you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told meYou didn't need me anymoreWell you know I nearly broke down and died
Oh! Darling, please believe meI'll never let you down(Oh, believe me darling)Believe me when I tell youI'll never do you no harm