Way On from Aluminum Overcast by Early Gray

Way on the edge of town
Just past the highway’s lost and found
A broken down train lay satisfied
It’s wasted weight deep in the ground

He thought of his mother now
And all that made his father proud
A thought like a train came whistling by
He held his ears to block the sound

Five stories up, the noise was dim
The view from the cage she slumbered in
Like how many hurried flights of stairs
Will keep a bird from prison sin

Way on the edge of day
She boils up a new escape

Oh sister, listen what they say
With the fire and the coal, the train decays
It’s a limited mode of transportation,
And it’s pleading you to stay


Sir, are you getting on this train?

Yes, but I’m waiting, awaiting now

What are you waiting for now?

I can’t keep my mind off the edge of town

Sir, you should really get on the train

Not ‘til I find out where it will go

Far away, off to some city, out of this town and away from this bad dream

What of my home and my children? They’d be alone and I don’t think they’re willing

The journey may feel like eternity, but it’s only an hour or two, or three

Besides now, the train doors are closing, they’re closing, they’re closing,
They’re closing, they’re closing, they’re closing now.

No need to worry my friend, this train will come back in an hour again.

Way on the edge she tries
A drag from the spirit of yellow lies
But where does she hold the cigarette
To keep the smoke out of her eyes?

Way on the edge
A town laid to rest
Its door bolted fast
And keykeeper satisfied

Way on the edge of town

I heard it coming far away
Held my ears to block the sound

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