No, I’m not color blind I know the world is black and white I try to keep an open mind But I just can’t sleep on this, tonight
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again I can’t take the speed it’s moving in I know I can’t But, honestly, won’t someone stop this train?
Don’t know how else to say it I don’t want to see my parents go One generation’s length away From fighting life out on my own
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again I can’t take the speed it’s moving in I know I can’t But, honestly, won’t someone stop this train?
So scared of getting older I’m only good at being young So I play the numbers game To find a way to say that life has just begun
Had a talk with my old man Said, “Help me understand” He said, “Turn sixty-eight You’ll renegotiate”
“Don’t stop this train Don’t for a minute change the place you’re in And don’t think I couldn’t ever understand I tried my hand John, honestly, we’ll never stop this train”
Once in a while, when it’s good It’ll feel like it should When you’re all still around And you’re still safe and sound And you don’t miss a thing ‘Till you cry when you’re driving away in the dark
Singing, stop this train I want to get off and go home again I can’t take the speed it’s moving in I know, I can’t ‘Cause now I see I’ll never stop this train.
Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go make yourself some friends or you’ll be lonely Once I was seven years old
It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me Go get yourself a wife or you’ll be lonely Once I was eleven years old
I always had that dream like my daddy before me So I started writing songs, I started writing stories Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me ‘Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told Before the morning sun, when life was lonely Once I was twenty years old
I only see my goals, I don’t believe in failure ‘Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major I got my boys with me at least those in favor And if we don’t meet before I leave, I hope I’ll see you later
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told I was writing about everything, I saw before me Once I was twenty years old Soon we’ll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold We’ve traveled around the world and we’re still roaming Soon we’ll be thirty years old
I’m still learning about life My woman brought children for me So I can sing them all my songs And I can tell them stories Most of my boys are with me Some are still out seeking glory And some I had to leave behind My brother I’m still sorry
Soon I’ll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one Remember life and then your life becomes a better one I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month
Soon I’ll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me Soon I’ll be sixty years old Soon I’ll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me Soon I’ll be sixty years old
Once I was seven years old, momma told me Go make yourself some friends or you’ll be lonely Once I was seven years old
I took my love and I took it down I climbed a mountain and I turned around And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills And the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky What is love ? Can the child within my heart rise above Can I sail thought the changing ocean tides Can I handle the seasons of my life
Well, I’ve been afraid of changing ‘Cause I built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I’m getting older, too
Well, I’ve been afraid of changing ‘Cause I built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I’m getting older, too Yes, I’m getting older, too
Take my love and take it down Climb a mountain and turn around And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Well the landslide brought me down
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Well maybe the landslide will bring you down
Well, it’s not far down to paradise, at least it’s not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me.
It’s not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me.
Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free
Fantasy, it gets the best of me When I’m sailing All caught up in the reverie, every word is a symphony Won’t you believe me?
Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free
Well it’s not far back to sanity, at least it’s not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me.
Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free
Mws R Writings 