Down by the tracks where the shadows creep,
I hear the distant whistle, it's singin' me to sleep.
Only echoes of love and memories remain,
As I sip my whiskey, drownin' out the pain.
Train's rollin’ by, like a ghost in the night,
With every click and clack, it’s a heartache in flight.
Drifting like smoke in a room full of scars,
A lost soul searching for forgotten stars.
Chorus of heartbreak in the midnight air,
Every lonely whisper, I feel you standing there.
But time's a cruel mistress, she won't let me stay,
With the railroad's temptation, I've lost my way.
The bottle's gone empty, but it don’t ease the ache,
Just a fading reflection in a world I can't break.
Each sip's like a memory, slipping through my hands,
While the trains keep a-howlin', like forgotten bands.
Driftwood and dreams, they're floating downstream,
Caught in this struggle, I'm caught in this dream.
With a heart full of sorrow and a mind full of dust,
Every mile that I wander, it's your love that I trust.
So I'll pour one more round for the love that I've known,
And toast to the heartache that I've called my own.
As the echoes of laughter fade into the light,
I’ll find my salvation on the other side of night.
With the railroad behind me, and whiskey in my veins,
I'll wander these tracks like a dog in the rain.
Through the pain and the drifting, I'll search for that spark,
And let the echoes of you guide me out of the dark.
So here’s to the journey, with all its sweet strife,
And the railroad that taught me to embrace this life.
With each train that passes, I'll carry the flame,
Knowing in this wide world, we’re never the same.
Blues
railroad, whiskey, pain, drifting, echoes