Oncoming Train

from Sixteen Coaches Long by Max Décharné

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Well it's a shame
It's a sin
It's a sickening state to be in
There's no room
For that stuff spinning round in your mind

There's nothing
Left to say
Throw your memories away
It's gone it's best forgotten slam the door
Try and leave it behind

Well you wake in the morning
Leave without making a sound
First they want to see you
Then they say see you around
You thought you could swim
But you're drowning again
The light at the end of the tunnel
Is an oncoming train

Oncoming train
It's an oncoming train
The light at the end of the tunnel
Is really an oncoming train
You thought you could swim
But you're drowning again
The light at the end of the tunnel
Is an oncoming train

And that golden glow
In the evening sky
It won't bring a brighter dawn
It's just the streets nearby
And they're on fire

Well it's the same
Every night
You'd complain
But you're much too polite
Well the world doesn't owe you a living
But it could buy you a beer

Nothing's quite what it seems
They'll take a blowtorch
To your dreams
And what's the point
Of the keys to the kingdom
If you can't find the door

Well you wake in the morning
Leave without making a sound
First they want to see you
Then they say see you around
You thought you could swim
But you're drowning again
And the light at the end of the tunnel
Is an oncoming train
Yeah the light at the end of the tunnel
Is an oncoming train

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from Sixteen Coaches Long, released September 4, 2020
Vocals, celeste, organ, locomotive

Written, sung, played and recorded by Max Décharné
℗ & © 2020 PRS/MCPS

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Max Décharné London, UK

Max Décharné is a musician and author from England. With several bands he has released eleven albums and roughly thirty singles, and also recorded nine John Peel Sessions. He played drums with his friend Nikki Sudden before joining Gallon Drunk in 1991, with whom he toured the world. Since 1994, he has been the singer with The Flaming Stars. ... more

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