She lives close to the tracks   So she never sleeps a wink   The trains run all night   Give her plenty time to think      About the love that she had   To a man brave and true   And how that love turned bad   The way love's bound to do      They'd have candle light meals   They'd drink wine from Bordeaux   They'd make love every night   The moon hung low      But he stopped coming home   He stopped paying the bills   She had to move to this house   By the tracks down the hill      She'd call her mom and her dad   But they wouldn't understand   They'd say what did you do   To that hard working man      She'd call her brother down south   But he'd never call her back   He's got his house down a hill   Next to his own railroad tracks      So what happens now   What should she do?   She can't fall asleep   And dream a love brand new      Up in the air   She sees birds and planes   You know she'd go anywhere   To get away from these trains