Not Just A Train

i can strum a little, i can hold a chord
 this ain't the gospel and i ain't the lord
 i'm no holy roller, but for what it's worth
 my freedom's a train ride to heaven on earth
 it's not just a train
 it's saying goodbye, saying hello
 to where we have been, where we might go
 it's what we have passed, what we might see
 it's not just a train, it's freedom to me
 kids flattening pennies as the ironhorse rolls by
 between the trains i see an old man
 face full of smiles
 young woman crying as her lover leaves
 gun on his shoulder and stripes on his sleeve
 it's not just a train
 it's saying goodbye, saying hello
 to where we have been, where we might go
 it's what we have passed, what we might see
 it's not just a train, it's freedom to me
 through a crack in the the slats a harvest moon shines
 on Harper Lee's pages i turn to kill time
 the car toads are waiting for me at the station
 to give the bum's rush to a frost bitten bo
 it's not just a train
 it's saying goodbye, saying hello
 to where we have been, where we might go
 it's what we have passed, what we might see
 it's not just a train, it's freedom to me