The Mercy of the Wheels

I heard a train calling
 Through the middle of the night
 I heard the whistle
 And the mercy of the wheels
 It's a hand to mouth existence
 In a mouth to nothing world
 I was longing
 For the way I used to feel
 I'd like to catch a train
 That could go back in time
 That could make alot of stops
 Along the way
 I would go to see me Father
 With the eyes he left behind
 I would go for all the words
 I'd like to say
 And I'd take along a sandwich
 And a picture of my girl
 And show them all
 That I made out ok
 I heard a train calling
 Through the middle of the night
 And I wondered if I
 Should have gotten on
 'Cause a train knows where it's going
 And when it's time to go
 And that it looks best
 When it's already gone
 I heard a train calling
 Through the middle of a dream
 And I wandered through the weeds
 As it went by
 Oh the trains they have the numbers
 The nicknames and the nights
 They know it's ok
 To run away and cry
 I'd like to catch a train
 That could go back in time
 That could make alot of stops
 Along the way
 I would go to see me Father
 With the eyes he left behind
 I would go for all the words
 I'd like to say
 And I'd take along a sandwich
 And a picture of my girl
 And show them all
 That I made out ok
 I heard a train calling
 Through the middle of the night
 I heard the whistle
 And the mercy of the wheels