Don Conoscenti

(b melanson, d conoscenti, david Wilcox, nance pettit)

let's jump this train, go for a ride
cast off, sail on, side by side
make a dash along the tracks
don't worry about a ticket
may not be coming back
let's jump this train go for that rung
don't look down look forward
to what we've begun
that iron horse is climbing up our valley floor
it's gonna slow down by the water tower
that's our chance

let's jump this train who cares what for
there's not much left for you or me here anymore
let's jump this train, why not
asked an old man about his life
was there something he forgot
he might say yes, long time ago
instead of running for his dream
he just let it go
a puff of smoke, a turn of the wheel
and his dream pulled by, on that ship of steel

i hear that whistle blowing across our valley floor
when it slows down by the water tower
that's our chance
i think we ought to jump this train
who cares what for
nothing left for you or me here anymore
let's jump this train right now
grab my hand i'll pull up here safe somehow
let's jump this train