just like this train

Close your eyes and listen to these lyrics. As my friend Ralph said, these are perhaps the best lyrics in a pop song ever written. But beyond the lyrics, the composition is great too! Complexities, changes, and dry humor. Two of my favorite passages among the many in this song:

I'm always running behind the time 

just like this train

shaking into town with the brakes complaining....

Kids with the jitters in their legs
and those wide, wide, open stares ...





I just mused on this song recently, in terms of its use as a blog label for posts. This one is for you, Ralph!