Death Of A Train Lyrics - Daniel Lanois

Union Station, tombstone high 

No more tears, this fountain dry 

Nameless faces, just headlines 

We don't ride that train no more 

No resistance, turn my head 

They could go out East instead 

Newfoundland, land of my father 

I don't ride your train no more 

Cold steel shining, Battle Creek 

Eyes are heavy, rain and sea 

Massey-Ferguson memories 

Don't ride that train no more 

Hey there captain, is that you 

Could you tell me, tell me what to do 

I been twenty years on that Soo line 

We don't ride your train no more 

Smoke rises from the face of sand 

Dreams about, dreams of beaver dams 

Sam can't hear quite like he used to 

Tell them why we don't ride no more 

Hey Pierre Trudeau oh, where are you? 

My friend to lead us through 

These hard times, so much confusion 

I don't hear your train no more 

I can't ride no more (repeat)