"THE TOWERS & THE TRAINS"
Words and music by Owen Thomas.
©2006 Spin The Dradle Publishing, ASCAP/Warner Chappell Songs, BMI.
Appears on the Universal South album THE CHESS HOTEL.
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V1.
In this town, when it rains,
There are years that wash off towers and the trains.
And the splashing sounds like laughing,
As it rolls and it slides off the ceilings and the sides,
Of the towers and the trains.

V2.
There's a blacklist. A deep, black malice.
Scars so deep, they're taught to children,
That live with people 'til the grave.
Folks can't shake 'em, twist or break 'em.
They find themselves condemned to burnout.
They rust and crack, and then they turn out like,
The towers and the trains.
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CHORUS:
Nothing beats them downtown streets,
They can't keep a dream alive.
The women talkin', men hard-rockin'.
How will I survive?
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V3.
We got issues from all the misuse.
We got wasted youth and missing persons who've got nothing left to do but age.
They sit on their porches lit by torches,
And if you listen in the stillness, you'll hear them sing about their illness:
The towers and the trains.
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CHORUS.
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V4.
In my town, when it rains. There are years that wash off towers and the trains.
And the splashing sounds like laughing,
As it rolls and it slides off the ceilings and the sides,
Of the towers and the trains.

Off the towers and the trains.

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