Same old stories and the same old song I’ve been living here for much too long Small town small minds it’s all so bloody daunting Sitting round with nothing to do watching stupid movies chinese kung fu Bruce Lee, Zombie Trash, forget your dream-hunting
Down on main street there’s a danger sign saying “Caution: Dead End Street lies just straight ahead” Bored teenagers meet each night at nine getting soused, pale faces like they’re back from the dead
I’ll be leaving on a night train Yeah, there’s gotta be a better place Don’t wanna be a basket case No, oh no…
I’ll be leaving on a night train I don’t care and I won’t turn around Yeah, I’m gonna break new ground Hooray, I’m northern bound
Out of this town right now Leave on a night train now Out of this town right now Leave on a night train now
School work death — nothing else to do just do the things they expect from you but deep inside you know there’s gotta be a better life somewhere, someplace else Snow’s falling and my bags are packed I’m gonna leave tonight, well that’s a fact Cause I ain’t gonna wait til the best days of my life have been washed out
And I’m walking down main street for one last time with its houses that look to me like a scene-of-crime I’ll be trading this life for a real big time but I don’t know where I’m gonna wake up at dawn
I’ll be leaving on a night train Yeah, there’s gotta a better place Don’t wanna be a basket case No, oh no…
I’ll be leaving on a night train I don’t care and I won’t turn around Yeah, I’m gonna break new ground Hooray, I’m northern bound
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