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BORN ON A TRAIN
Written by Stephin Merritt. Released on The Charm of the Highway Strip, the third studio album 
by The Magnetic Fields. April 18, 1994
[Verse 1]
Some Broads are onEly seen at niF#ght 
Ghost Broads -- Enothing but neon sF#igns. 
But Bsome nights the Eneon gas gets F#free
and Bturns into Ewalking dead like F#me
[Chorus]
And EI've been making F#promises I kBnow I'll never kEeep
EOne of these F#days I'm gonna lBeave you in your sEleep 
EI'll have to go when the F#whistle blows, the Bwhistle knows my Ename 
EBaby, I was F#born on a Btrain. 
[Verse 2]
Well I Bknow that Eyou were never F#young 
And I Bknow you Eprobably won't get F#old 
But Bhoney nobody's gonna Ehurt you F#anymore 
And Bnobody's going to Emake you want to F#die
[Chorus]
And EI've been making F#promises I Bknow I'll never Ekeep
EOne of these F#days I'm gonna Bleave you in your Esleep 
EI'll have to go when the F#whistle blows, the Bwhistle knows my Ename 
EBaby, I was F#born on a Btrain. 
[Verse 3]
I'll Bgo some Ecold and grey F#morning,
and you Bwon't Eremember F#anything 
But Bsome people Edon't believe in F#dying,
and Bsome of us Edon't believe in F#life
[Chorus]
And EI've been making F#promises I Bknow I'll never Ekeep
EOne of these F#days I'm gonna Bleave you in your Esleep 
EI'll have to go when the F#whistle blows, the Bwhistle knows my Ename 
EBaby, I was F#born on a Btrain. 
EBaby, I was F#born on a Btrain. 

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Born On The Train

by The Magnetic Fields

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BORN ON A TRAIN

Written by Stephin Merritt. Released on The Charm of the Highway Strip, the third studio album

by The Magnetic Fields. April 18, 1994

[Verse 1]

B E F#

Some roads are only seen at night

B E F#

Ghost roads -- nothing but neon signs.

B E F#

But some nights the neon gas gets free

B E F#

and turns into walking dead like me

[Chorus]

E F# B E

And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep

E F# B E

One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep

E F# B E

I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name

E F# B

Baby, I was born on a train.

[Verse 2]

B E F#

Well I know that you were never young

B E F#

And I know you probably won't get old

B E F#

But honey nobody's gonna hurt you anymore

B E F#

And nobody's going to make you want to die

[Chorus]

E F# B E

And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep

E F# B E

One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep

E F# B E

I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name

E F# B

Baby, I was born on a train.

[Verse 3]

B E F#

I'll go some cold and grey morning,

B E F#

and you won't remember anything

B E F#

But some people don't believe in dying,

B E F#

and some of us don't believe in life

[Chorus]

E F# B E

And I've been making promises I know I'll never keep

E F# B E

One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep

E F# B E

I'll have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name

E F# B

Baby, I was born on a train.

E F# B

Baby, I was born on a train.

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