Jacksonville City Nights

Trains moan in my sleep when I'm trying to go to bed Moving way to slow for whatever that they be carryin' And I've been working hard ever since I was a kid Trains moan in my sleep Seems like something's always moving Trains moan in my sleep when I'm

Pa drove to town yesterday to pick up a friend He found the locker she lay in He drove to old man Ed Somerton's place To finally disappear He got there round about twelve And he stayed 'till three And the sun left him down in the valley But the moon

Laura lays on the foot of the bed Mimics a noose with a telephone cord Doctor's on the phone Then she hangs up and says "I ain't never gonna see the winter again" And I don't know how, but she smiles September, September September, September The