(Paul Simon)
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She was beautiful as Southern skies
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The night he met her
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She was married to someone
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He was doggedly determined that he would get her
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He was old, he was young
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From time to time he'd tip his heart
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But each time she withdrew
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Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
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Everybody thinks it's true
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Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
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Sure enough they have a son
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And though they both were occupied
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With the child she carried
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Disagreements had begun
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And in a while they fell apart
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It wasn't hard to do
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Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
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Everybody thinks it's true
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Two disappointed believers
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Two people playing the game
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Negotiations and love songs
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Are often mistaken for one and the same
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Now the man and the woman
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Remain in contact
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Let us say it's for the child
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With disagreements about the meaning
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Of a marriage contract
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Conversations hard and wild
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But from time to time
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He makes her laugh
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She cooks a meal or two
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Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
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Everybody thinks it's true
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Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
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Everybody thinks it's true
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What is the point of this story
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What information pertains
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The thought that life could be better
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Is woven indelibly
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Into our hearts
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And our brains
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Train in the Distance
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| Simon and Garfunkel |
