Boots on the Platform

Verse 1

Smoke curling slow from the engine yard

Ticket in my shirt, pockets full of cards

Dog barking lonely, trackside grin

Suitcase dusty from everywhere I've been

Chorus

Waiting for the noon train at the station

Boots on the platform, heart's hesitation

Sun beating down, time ain't changin'

Waiting for the noon train at the station

Post-Chorus

Whoa-oh, noon train

Whoa-oh, waiting again

Verse 2

Old men talking 'bout days gone by

Ticket lady offers a small, tired smile

I count the boxcars crawling in my mind

Wonder where that train will take me this time

Pre-Chorus

Steel rails humming a Brand New song

Carry me out where I belong

Chorus

Waiting for the noon train at the station

Boots on the platform, heart's hesitation

Sun beating down, time ain't changin'

Waiting for the noon train at the station

Post-Chorus

Whoa-oh, noon train

Whoa-oh, waiting again

Bridge

Wind kicks up dust around my feet

Old lamp flickers in August heat

Shadows growing long by the painted sign

Every moment waiting is another line

Verse 3

Watch the clock hands circle slow again

Thinking about old friends and where they've been

Dreams stitched tight in a denim sleeve

Start to wonder what I still believe

Chorus

Waiting for the noon train at the station

Boots on the platform, heart's hesitation

Sun beating down, time ain't changin'

Waiting for the noon train at the station

Post-Chorus

Whoa-oh, noon train

Whoa-oh, waiting again