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The Man Who Watches The Trains Go By

from Listener's Choice - Best of 2019 by Bill White

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from the album Panama

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you can find me follow the railroad tracks
to the crossroads lit by flashing lights
you will see me standing with the cars that pass
im the man who watches the trains go by

the closer i got the less i saw
everything went to blur
my eyes were rubbed raw when i saw him with her
i walked off my job shaking the slap from my face
i danced on the arc of the trestle
that led me to this happy place

there are hills in california where the rocks are on fire
justice in the halls of justice where everybody is a liar
some will break a window just to steal a piece of pie
whilet the man with the sweaty hands
watches the trains go by

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last night in the yard
there was a murder
the victim screamed for help
but nobody heard her

manhunt in the canyon helicoptors flying low
old men coughing their guts to the streets
they got no place else to go
stranger passing through in manacles
tortured until he dies
while serenity surrounds the man
who watches the trains go by

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from Listener's Choice - Best of 2019, released December 31, 2019

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