Just Like This Train
I'm always running behind the time
Just like this train
Shaking into town with the brakes complaining
I used to count lovers like railroad cars
I counted them on my side
Lately I don't count on nothing
I just let things slide
The station master's shuffling cards
Boxcars are banging in the yards
Jealous lovin'll make you crazy
If you can't find your goodness 'cause you lost your heart
I went looking for a cause or a strong cat without claws
Or any reason to resume
And I found this empty seat in this crowded waiting room
I found everybody waiting
There's an old man sleeping on his bags
Women with that teased-up kind of hair
Kids with the jitters in their legs and those wide, wide open stares
And the kids got cokes and chocolate bars
There's a thin man smoking a fat cigar
Jealous lovin'll make you crazy
If you can't find your goodness 'cause you've lost your heart
What are you going to do now
You've got no one to give your love to
Well I've got this berth and this pull down blind
I've got this fold up sink
And these rocks and these cactuses going by
And a bottle of German wine to drink
I'm gonna settle down into the clickety clack
With the clouds and the stars to read
Dreaming of the pleasure I'm going to have
Watching your hairline recede, my vain darling
Watching your hair and clouds and stars
I'm rocking away in a sleeping car
Jealous lovin's bound to make me crazy
If you can't find your goodness, 'cause you lost your heart
Sour grapes, I lost my heart
Just like this train
Shaking into town with the brakes complaining
I used to count lovers like railroad cars
I counted them on my side
Lately I don't count on nothing
I just let things slide
The station master's shuffling cards
Boxcars are banging in the yards
Jealous lovin'll make you crazy
If you can't find your goodness 'cause you lost your heart
I went looking for a cause or a strong cat without claws
Or any reason to resume
And I found this empty seat in this crowded waiting room
I found everybody waiting
There's an old man sleeping on his bags
Women with that teased-up kind of hair
Kids with the jitters in their legs and those wide, wide open stares
And the kids got cokes and chocolate bars
There's a thin man smoking a fat cigar
Jealous lovin'll make you crazy
If you can't find your goodness 'cause you've lost your heart
What are you going to do now
You've got no one to give your love to
Well I've got this berth and this pull down blind
I've got this fold up sink
And these rocks and these cactuses going by
And a bottle of German wine to drink
I'm gonna settle down into the clickety clack
With the clouds and the stars to read
Dreaming of the pleasure I'm going to have
Watching your hairline recede, my vain darling
Watching your hair and clouds and stars
I'm rocking away in a sleeping car
Jealous lovin's bound to make me crazy
If you can't find your goodness, 'cause you lost your heart
Sour grapes, I lost my heart
Credits
Writer(s): Joni Mitchell
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)
- The Asylum Albums (1976-1980)
- The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (2024 Remaster)
- Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)
- Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
- The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)
- Stars To Read (Live 1995)
- Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)
- The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)
- Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes)
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