On a train ride from some place bad 

to some place little better

inbetween my youth and manhood

was a place I met her

she was just a skinny brown eyed girl

with a hunger for tomorrow

and I was then obese by pain

I had all that i could swallow



Oh fair haired travelling girl

keep on travelling on

oh fair haired travelling girl

its just the seat that you have is wrong



Her eyes were packing past regrets

in her lips there was redemption

and she mistook my coat for love

as she wore it for affection

and as she took the seat beside me

I inhaled all of her laughter

and she forgot there is a past 

while I forgot there is an after



Oh fair haired travelling girl

keep on travelling on

oh fair haired travelling girl

its just the seat that you have is wrong



On a train ride from some place gone

to some place almost ceratin

inbetween my flesh and bone

was a place i met her

and wrapped up in my coat of shame

she laid there sleeping tightly

and as the train pulled to another stop

well i knew shed go on without me