I improvised this on my piano, which is in need of a tuning, but she still sounds sweet. I think it's interesting that I wrote these lyrics last night, not really knowing what they meant or whom they were speaking to. But today, I realized that they were speaking to me.
LEAVING
All aboard the train
That goes to nowhere
All aboard the train
That will never get you from here to there
The conductor is drunk
And the wheels are rusted away
But you get aboard anyway
The station is rotted out
There’s no one on the platform
But you just eke it out
And decide it’s all gonna work out
Even though you know you’ll never leave the train station
It’s not enough to believe in yourself
It’s not enough to believe in yourself
You gotta pick up your bags
Walk through the desert
You got to spend the night under the stars
You’ve got to go on living
Even though you don’t think you can live without
The things that make you smile
You’ve got to find the well
Got to find the well
Take a deep drink
Gotta stay up all night
Gotta keep staring at that map
Gotta know that when you go
There a good chance you’ll never be coming back
And as far as you and me go
I’ll always cheer for you
In the dust between things
All the things we meant to do
We meant to do
We meant to do
We meant to do
We meant to do
We meant to do
All music and lyrics by Nicole LePera.
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