Traincar Christmas

Well the tracks go on forever
Least that's the way it seems
And that old steam whistle
Sounds louder in my dreams
As I'm trying to lay sideways
And get some extra sleep
For the evenin that awaits
Is like none you've ever seen
We've hung the lights with care
Stole a tree, and stole a pair
Of doves

Now Johnny he's grandmaster
Of this whole grand affair
He's been here since college
When he found his first gray hair
He says I guess that it's been fifty three
Years living on this line
And I've seen this whole country
Without spending a dime
He only misses his grandfather
Left a lover at the altar
And took off

It's a Traincar Christmas
It's snowing on the pines
This coal powered Santa Sleigh
Is keeping perfect time to sing
Silver Bells, and Silent Night
Say, Merry Christmas Happy New Year
Pass the wine

Please don't get me started
On the priest all dressed in black
He ran away four years ago
With just the clothes on his back
And Jack and Jo and Philly
Stay livin' in their heads
But they brought the mashed potatoes
So they really ain't that bad
Annemarie lifted some chicken
From a boy she calls meal ticket
Around New York

It's a Traincar Christmas
It's snowing on the pines
This coal powered Santa Sleigh
Is keeping perfect time to sing
Silver Bells, and Silent Night
Say, Merry Christmas Happy New Year
Pass the wine

You can call me Marvin
A Martian come to Earth
'cause I never really fit in
I was sideways at my birth
I was once a failed magician
Headliner in Ft Worth
When along came AOL
And showed how my tricks work
But tonight here I'm a star
In our faded old boxcar
With no phones

It's a Traincar Christmas
It's snowing on the pines
This coal powered Santa Sleigh
Is keeping perfect time to sing
Silver Bells, and Silent Night
Say, Merry Christmas Happy New Year
Pass the wine