Karaoké New Train John Prine

Full blown silence in an empty room

A former bride and a former groom

A foldin' table and a foldin' chair

A folded hand of poker there

All new directions must go everywhere

Big round people in a cool little square

Oh you can't cut it with a boat or a plane

Man it's gonna take a new train

You'll be leavin' on a new train

Far away from this world of pain

And when you look out your window you'll see your home, your baby and your family

No melted ice cubes in a paper cup

Hell you'll be happy

You'll be all shook up

The friends that greet you will be simple and plain when you step down from that new train

Collected volumes of history say

Man makes mistakes most everyday

The half a pound of chopped ground round is still a burger when it goes downtown

No faded photographs of yesterdays are in the books that I read these days

To fly away from that memory town you must keep both your feet on the ground

'Cos you'll be leavin' on a new train

Far away from this world of pain

And when you look out your window you'll see your home, your baby and your family

No melted ice cubes in a paper cup

Hell you'll be happy

You'll be all shook up

The friends that greet you will be simple and plain when you step down from that new train

I'll be leavin' on a new train

Far away from this world of pain

The friends that greet me will be simple and plain when I step down from that new train

New train

New train