Lyrics

Night Train (M. Russell)

It's after midnight
Soft is the sound
Patter of raindrops
Treading on the ground
The fading rumble
Of a distant night train
It’s whistle singing
Far across the plain

That lonesome whistle
Heard miles away
The horn of Roland
At the break of day
My mind awakens
Just to dream about you
Remembered moments
When our love was new

Raindrops fall and rise again
Like a mended broken heart
Does the rain know how long it’s been
Since we’ve been apart

The rain keeps falling
Gently to the earth
Sleepy nightriders
Nestle in their berths
The rumble whispers
Till I hear it no more
Past the horizon
So far from my door

Raindrops fall and rise again
Like a mended broken heart
Does the rain know how long it’s been
Since we’ve been apart

I wish the night train
Would bring you home
Into the daylight
For my eyes alone
Till then I’ll sit here
Keep watching the rain
Wait for that whistle
Far across the plain