Jenny Dreamed Of Trains Lyrics - John Denver

This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it has been released on. 

When Jenny was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains 

She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things 

Jenny counted boxcars instead of counting sheep 

She could go anywhere when she went to sleep 

All she ever talked about was getting on to ride 

She was living in another time you could see it in her eyes 

And every day after school she'd head down to the track 

Waiting for the train that was never coming back 

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Jenny dreamed of trains 

When the nighttime came 

Nobody knew how she made it come true 

Jenny dreamed of trains 

The depot's been boarded up, the rails have turned to rust 

There hasn't been a train through here since the mill went bust 

No one believed her when she said she heard the train 

Said she was just a little girl acting kind of strange 

Jenny dreamed of trains 

When the nighttime came 

Nobody knew how she made it come true 

Jenny dreamed of trains 

Jenny laid a penny on the track one day 

In God we trust she walked away 

The very next morning all she could find 

Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime 

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Jenny dreamed of trains 

When the nighttime came 

Nobody knew how she made it come true 

Jenny dreamed of trains 

Nobody knew how she made it come true 

Jenny dreamed of trains 

Words and Music by Vince Gill and Guy Clark