Graniteville

Just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy

Another freighter in from Cincinnati

You were always watching, watching the train roll by

Yeah, you know I love you, everything you carry

Another red eye, Mobile to Albany,

You were always watching, watching the train roll by.

So tell me what's going on in Graniteville

Got your whole town underneath the sleeping pill

It's a quiet little city, you grew up together

There's a picture looking out your grandmother's window

There's a black train running through the middle of the night,

If it finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide

And if we ever wake up in Graniteville,

You know how much I love you and I always will

Trying so hard just to get away

Some people want to die in a quiet place

But everybody's always watching, watching the trains roll by

You have a place to go it's never enough

Little hearts paying toll, trains in a rush

Our town's always leaving,

Leaving the girl goodbye

But every town is small when it comes for you

Just like everyone's asleep when it's passing through.

Tonight I heard the screaming of a million tons

So wake up pretty baby, turn the light on

Tonight's there's something's different, something's gone wrong.

We've been sleeping too long. so long.

So tell me what's going on in Graniteville

Got your whole town underneath the sleeping pill

It's a quiet little city, you grew up together

There's a picture looking out your grandmother's window

There's a black train running through the middle of the night,

If it finds us here, well there's nowhere to hide

And if we ever wake up in Graniteville,

You know how much I love you and I always will

Wake up baby, there's a train a coming,

Don't you leave me or forsake me

Wake up baby there's a train a coming,

Don't you know how much I love you

Wake up baby and hear the screeching,

There's a whole town drifting off to dreaming

Wake up baby there's a train a coming,

Winter's leaving, spring has sprung

Wake up baby, hear the screaming,

Whole town dies while it's still sleeping

Wake up baby there's a train a coming,

Don't forget you know I love you