Graniteville
by Doug Burr (http://www.dougburr.com/dougburr.com/Home.html)
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Just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy
another fader-in from Cincinatti
You were always watching, watching the trains roll by
Yeah, you know I love you, everything you carry
Another redeye, Mobile, Albany
You were always watching, watching the train roll by
So, tell me, what s going on in Graniteville
Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill
It s a quiet little city that grew up together
with your picture looking out your grandmother s window
There s a black train rolling through the middle of the night
Finds us here, well there s nowhere to hide
If we ever wake up in Graniteville
Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will
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Trying so hard just to get away
some people want to die in a quiet place
where everybody s always watching, watching the trains roll by
Yeah, you have a place to go when it s never enough
Little hard to pay the toll, train s in a rush
out of town, it s always leaving, waving the girl goodbye, goodbye
Yeah, but every town is small when it comes to you
Just like everyone s asleep when it s passing through
All night I heard the scream of a million tongues
(held)
So wake up, pretty baby, turn the light on
(held)
tonight there s something different, something gone wrong
We ve been sleeping too long, so long
So, tell me, what s going on in Graniteville
Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill
It s a quiet little city that grew up together
with your picture looking out your grandmother s window
There s a black train rolling through the middle of the night
Finds us here, well there s nowhere to hide
If we ever wake up in Graniteville
Oh, you know how much I love you and I always will
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Wake up, baby, there s a train a comin
Don t you leave me or forsake me
Wake up, baby, there s a train a comin
Don t you know how much I love you?
Wake up, baby, and hear the screeching
whole town drifting off to dreamin
Wake up, baby, there s a train a comin
Winter s leaving, Spring has sprung in
Wake up, baby, hear the screaming
Whole town dies while it s still sleeping
(ritard)
Wake up, baby, there s a train a comin
(held)
Don t forget, you know I love you.