Runaway train
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1. I'm worried about you, I'm worried about me,
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the
curves around midnight aren't easy to see.
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Flashing red warnings unseen in the rain,
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this
thing has turned into a runaway
train.
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2. Long-distance phone calls, a voice on the line.
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electrical
miles that soften the
time.
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The dynamite, too, is hooked on the wire,
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and
so are the rails of American Flyers.
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3. Blind boys and gamblers, they
invented the blues,
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will
pay up in blood when this
marker comes due.
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To try to get off now, it's about as insane,
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as
those who wave lanterns at runaway
trains.
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+ Steel rails and hard lives are always in twos,
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I have been here before
this, and now it's with you !
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3. I'm worried about you, I'm worried about me,
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we're
lighting the fuses and counting
to three.
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And what are the choices for those who remain,
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the
sign of the cross on a runaway train.
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This thing has turned into a runaway train,
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this
thing has turned into a runaway
train.
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Our love has turned into a runaway train.
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(orig. = capo 3rd; live = capo 5th) (Rosanne
Cash)