Sixteen Coaches Long

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This train is sixteen coaches long
I saw it once but now it's gone
Saw that train go rolling by
Too blind to see too late to cry
The way it always seemed to me
The way I guess it has to be
The way you walk the way I try
The way you never ask me why

I looked on up and saw the sky
Turning red, and turning blue
It doesn't matter what you do
I'll always be a fool for you

Here's one that took me far away
The earth was black the sky was grey
And someone shouted out your name
Or if it was
I couldn't say
And maybe there I lost my way
But when it was I couldn't say

I couldn't say

There's a jukebox in my head
Playing
Every word you said
There's a name I gave to you
And there's a place you took me to
That one was sixteen coaches long
And you were riding on that train
So I had to go along
I wanna go back there again

I saw the writing on the wall
It doesn't look like me at all
I read the words
You wrote to me
So many times
I couldn't see

I heard the evening train go by
I walked on out
And looked at the sky
Was turning red
Turning blue
It doesn't matter what you do
I'll always be a fool for you

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from Sixteen Coaches Long, released September 4, 2020
Vocals, guitar, drum, keyboards, harpsichord, 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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