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met her she was married to someone
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He was doggedly
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young From time to time he'd
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tip his heart but each time she with -
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Everybody loves the sound of a train in the
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distance Everybody thinks it's true
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boy and the girl get married and sure enough they have a
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son Though they both were occu -
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- pied with the child she carried disagreements had begun
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just fell apart it wasn't hard to
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Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
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Everybody thinks it's true
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Two disappointed believers
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Two people playing the game
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love songs are often mista-ken for one and the
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Now the man and the woman they remain in
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con - tact let us say it's for the child
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Disagreements about the meaning of a
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marriage contract conversations hard and wild
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But from time to time he just makes her
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laugh She cooks a meal or two
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Everybody loves the
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sound of a .. the distance Everybody ... true
Play these four bars through twice, and then repeat them for each of the
next three lines of the song:
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What is the point of this story?
What information pertains?
The thought that life could be better ... is
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Lyrics:
She was beautiful as Southern skies,
The night he met her.
She was married to someone.
He was doggedly determined that he would get her.
He was old, he was young.
From time to time, he'd tip his heart.
But each time she withdrew.
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance.
Everybody thinks it's true.
Well eventually the boy and the girl get married,
And sure enough they have a son.
Though they both were occupied with the child she carried,
Disagreements had begun.
And in a while, they just fell apart --
It wasn't hard to do.
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance.
Everybody thinks it's true.
Two disappointed believers.
Two people playing the game.
Negotiations and love songs,
Are often mistaken for one and the same.
Now the man and the woman, they remain in contact,
Let us say it's for the child.
With disagreements about the meaning of a marriage contract,
Conversations hard and wild.
But from time to time,
He just makes her laugh.
She cooks a meal or two.
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance.
Everybody thinks it's true.
What is the point of this story?
What information pertains?
The thought that life could be better,
Is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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