20 Hours (Remastered)

Good afternoon folks, and welcome aboard the Amtrak Empire Builder
Traveling from Seattle, Washington to Chicago, Illinois, we are about to depart from Shelby, Montana
This will be our last smoke break for the next couple of hours, with the next available stop happening at Minot, North Dakota, around 10pm
For now, we advise you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the beautiful Montana scenery as we work our way toward Chicago

They got mountains out here you wouldn't believe
People ask me all the time, why'd you ever leave
Well I had to find my way, do it on my own
Had to make it for myself, had to make a home

Twenty hours away by train
No one there remembers my name
You know I love it back home, it's just not the same
Twenty hours away by train

I've got friends from back in school that still live around here
And I know if I called right now, we could grab a beer

But the elephant in the room would start to cast shade
They would have to ask me why, why I never stayed

Twenty hours away by train
No one there remembers my name
You know I love it back home, it's just not the same
Twenty hours away by train

And as this train rolls east into the night
I'm left here to wonder if I've chosen right

'Cause I know the same damn thing one day could happen to me
When my son moves away and has a family
"Dad you know I'd love to visit, but you know how it is
I got so much on my plate with a wife and a kid

And you're twenty hours away by train
And no one there remembers my name
You know I'd love to see you and mama, it's just not the same
Twenty hours away by train"