Karaoké Quiet Town The Killers

Oh yeah

Oh no the train, the train

Every two or three years the train kills somebody

Every two or three years

Yeah

Hhh everybody knows about the train

Mmh 'kay

You hear it constantly

Eh I

I think the train is a way to find your way out of this life if you get hit by it

A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train

Carryin' sheet metal and household appliances through the pourin' rain

They were plannin' on gettin' married after graduation

Had a little baby girl

Trouble came and shut it down

Things like that ain't supposed to happen

In this quiet town families are tight

Good people

They still don't deadbolt their doors at night

In this quiet town

In this quiet town

When we first heard opioid stories they were always in whisperin' tones

Now banners of sorrow mark the front steps of childhood homes

Parents wept through daddy's girl eulogies and merit badge milestones with their daughters and sons

Layin' there lifeless in their suits and gowns

Uh somebody's been keepin' secrets

In this quiet town they know how to live

Good people who lean on Jesus

They're quick to forgive

In this quiet town

Now whenever I'm near the town

I'll find some reason to give

And I will walk with the dead and the living where I used to live

And every time

I see my parents in the prime of their lives

Offerin' their son the kind of love he could never put down

Part of me is still that stainless kid

Lucky in this quiet town

Salt of the land

Hardworkin' people

If you're in trouble they'll lend you a hand

Here in this quiet town

The first crop of hay is up

School let out and the sun beats down

Smoke billows from a Sunday train that cries away from a quiet town