[Verse 1]

I take the train downtown every day

You get on Fifth and Market

It's none of my business

You shouldn’t have to ride

Someone who cares enough

Should drive you

[Refrain]

That’s what I’d say

But I’m just a boy on a train

[Verse 2]

Sometimes I’m lost in the clickety clack

Houses slip by my window

One could be mine

You could be waiting there

I could be covered

In your kisses

[Refrain]

Like crazy rain

But I’m just a boy on a train

[Bridge]

Every so often

You carry a light green bag

Once on a Thursday

You smiled at me

Then we’d have coffee

Then we’d have children

Then we have Main Street

Thank you conductor

For your kindly warning

That the doors have closed

[Verse 3]

I missed my stop and I’m late again

Soon to be reprimanded

And if I’m fired

I’ll ever so kindly reply

“Do what you must

For I’m resilient

For I’ve seen a face

So shining and brilliant

That I’ve been a king

If just for one moment"

[Refrain]

One moment of fame

For a boy on a train