I Love a Train

The first time I saw her reflection
On the window of a train
Outside the lazy meadows
Filled my canvas once again
I painted passing pictures
With a movement of my eyes
She sat across the carriage
With her baggage by her side
The train passed through a station
Then slowly through a town
The gates across the roadway
Stopped the traffic coming down
We sped up in a tunnel
And I saw her once again
Our eyes met for a moment
As I reached to find a pen
I love a train
The rhythm and the track
I love a train
Takes me back
Back to the days
When a train had romantic ways
The rhythm of that journey
Played the back beat for my day
I wanted conversation
But there wasn't so much to say
Canal boats on the river
Slowly made their way along
As we rumbled through a village
Where all time had been and gone
The last time I saw her reflection
As she got up from her seat
The train stopped at the station
She turned to look at me
Outside upon the platform
She fell into someone's arms
On a twelve-fifteen it took me
From the bottom of my heart
I love a train
The rhythm and the track
I love a train
Takes me back
Back to the days
When a train had romantic ways