Lyric Not Just A Train

i can strum a little, i can hold a chord
this ain t the gospel and i ain t the lord
i m no holy roller, but for what it s worth
my freedom s a train ride to heaven on earth

it s not just a train
it s saying goodbye, saying hello
to where we have been, where we might go
it s what we have passed, what we might see
it s not just a train, it s freedom to me

kids flattening pennies as the ironhorse rolls by
between the trains i see an old man
face full of smiles
young woman crying as her lover leaves
gun on his shoulder and stripes on his sleeve

it s not just a train
it s saying goodbye, saying hello
to where we have been, where we might go
it s what we have passed, what we might see
it s not just a train, it s freedom to me

through a crack in the the slats a harvest moon shines
on Harper Lee s pages i turn to kill time
the car toads are waiting for me at the station
to give the bum s rush to a frost bitten bo

it s not just a train
it s saying goodbye, saying hello
to where we have been, where we might go
it s what we have passed, what we might see
it s not just a train, it s freedom to me