Carpenter, Mary Chapin - Downtown Train Lyrics






Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime
I climb through the window and down to the street
I'm shining like a new dime

The downtown trains are full
With all those Brooklyn girls
They try so hard to break out of their little world
You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
They have nothing that will ever capture your heart
They're just thorns without the rose
Oh, be careful of them in the dark

And if I was the one
You chose to be your only one
Oh baby now, can't you hear me now

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Where every night is just the same;You leave me lonely now

(Now) I know your window and I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light at the fourway

You watch them as they fall
Ooh, and they all have heart attacks
They stay at the carnival, but they'll never win you back

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Where every night, every night is just the same; you leave me lonely

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Where every night, every night is just the same, all upon a downtown
Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Where every night, every night is just the same, you leave me lonely

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
Where all my dreams just fall like the rain, all upon a downtown train





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  1. H.... J....

    Come join "The Mary Chapin Carpenter Group" on Facebook!

  2. t.... s....

    Gave me the chills...

  3. w.... n....

    My favourite cover

  4. N.... D....

    This song made my day. I love it !

  5. K.... L....

    three gartersof minutesto this version it turns worse tha n that of rods...Marys one of mine so whos gonna sing my songs when i cant sue pepsi.. yeh cockes gonna sing my songs..ugh;)

  6. j.... k....

    You like this one? Try wolfnheiner  the Version is, we say in german: exorbital!!!

    j.... k....

    I usually can find things on the internet if I try.
    I can not find that version of that song "Downtown Train" by Wolfnheiner.
    In fact I can not find much about that band.
    Where in Germany is Wolfnheiner from? What are some of their albums?

  7. j.... b....

    Dull, Patty Smyth version is livlier and Rod Stewart is not to my likes.

  8. K.... N....

    know one even comes close to Patty Smyth.

    K.... N....

    Learn English before mouthing off, you twat.

  9. L.... M....

    Very up beat sound nice like it.

  10. J.... S....

    Tom Waits song brilliant! MCC's version . . . brilliant! No more to say

  11. s.... d....

    wonderful cover!!!

  12. S.... H....

    Fabulously done!

  13. A.... B....

    Many have tried and failed, but this is the only one that can actually match the original. Good job Mary!

    A.... B....

    @Adam Biscuits absolutely agree - although I think Tom has the edge but both put so much emotion into them

    A.... B....

    +Adam Biscuits Please come and join the Facebook Mary Chapin Carpenter fan group. You'll be glad you did. It's fun.

    A.... B....

    stfu with your fucking bullshit, who the fuck are you to talk fucking nonsense?

  14. D.... D....

    I love MCC but didn't know she had covered this great Tom Waits song. Absolutely love this version.  Just demonstrates her great talent. 

    D.... D....

    @Andrew Brown No, Tom Waits wrote this song for Rain Dogs. It was released several years before Stewart's penis of a version.

    D.... D....

    yup - i got confused

    D.... D....

    you think rod stewart's version is that bad? just asking.

    D.... D....

    Rod's is the best. And I don't like Rod very much.

    D.... D....

    Waits sucked. I am not a Rod Stewart fan but he is far superior.

  15. m.... o....

    GOOD TAKE, I LIKE IT'

  16. 5.... ....

    Nice version. Thanks for posting. Take Care, Buddy.