Trains

A light rain is falling
 I'm leaving home, my life is calling
 It's calling from the end of the line
 It's been that way for all that time
 For things beyond our power, it forced us to remain
 All our lives we wait on trains
 Look how the fields are swaying
 We were one town children playing
 And, oh, the wind was in our sails
 Headed homeward and hightailing
 But all that once was bright has now become so faint
 All our lives we wait on trains
 We wait on trains to take us from here
 To take us places beyond the hill
 To bring our sons and daughters home
 If it be god's will
 She's got to hold her love together
 But no time now or maybe never
 Her friends all say don't bother her
 He ain't on that train, young mother
 But she don't pay no mind, she believes just the same
 All our lives we wait on trains