Midnight Train-Blue Tears

[00:22.26]I remember the days of growing up [00:27.14]When we were young and wild and free [00:32.82]With mama and daddy watchin' over us [00:37.70]I remember they told me [00:42.86]Keep your back to the darkness of this world [00:48.09]Always know your own heart, son [00:53.21]Tell us, what will you do with your life [00:58.65]Oh, when all is said and done [01:04.30]And every night, I'd hear the thunder [01:09.42]Of the rollin' midnight train [01:14.58]And I'd hear that lonesome whistle blow [01:20.64]Callin' out my name [01:36.36]I remember the day I met my girl [01:41.10]When she was all of seventeen [01:47.13]Dancin' like an angel [01:51.53]To a love song serenade [01:56.92]I'd take her ridin' in my daddy's car [02:02.15]We'd go deep into those fields [02:08.04]And share the secrets of our youth [02:12.81]That no darkness could conceal [02:18.14]And every night, we'd hear the thunder [02:23.36]Of the rollin' midnight train [02:28.94]And I'd hold her close and swear our love [02:34.23]Could never fade away, oh, yeah [03:01.00]Now Barry Glenn, he was my best friend [03:05.68]Through those reckless summer days [03:11.04]And we rode our bikes to the riverside [03:16.24]And wished our lives away [03:21.60]When he was eighteen, he joined the Marines [03:26.93]But he was too wild to be tamed [03:32.09]Yeah, he survived and came back alive [03:38.29]But we were never were the same, oh, no [03:46.37]Now I'm a man and I understand [03:51.07]What it means to be alone [03:56.02]But I spend my nights with my own June bride [04:01.49]Got a love that's carved in stone [04:06.40]So keep your back to the darkness of this world [04:11.80]Always know your own heart, son [04:17.13]Remember who you are and who you were [04:22.78]And where is that you come from [04:28.52]Yeah, and I still hear the thunder [04:33.29]Of the distant midnight train [04:39.00]It's rumblin' down those phantom rails [04:44.72]Of my memory [04:49.53]Yeah, I still hear the thunder [04:54.17]Oh, of a rollin' midnight train [05:00.13]And I'd hear that lonesome whistle blow [05:05.60]Callin' out my name [05:09.92]To roll me home [05:14.94]Roll me on down that line [05:20.55]Roll me home, roll me on down that line [05:32.28]