Maura O'Connell

Broken bicycles, old busted chains,
Rusted handle-bars, out in the rain.
Somebody must have an orphanage for
All these things tht noody wants anymore.

September's reminding July.
It's time to be saying goodbye.
Summer is gone, our love will remain,
Like old broken bicycles, out in the rain.

Broken bicycles, don't tell my folks.
'Cos all those playing cards pinned to the spokes.
Laid out like skeletons out on the lawn.
The wheels won't turn when the other half's gone.

Seasons can turn on a dime,
Somehow I forget ev'ry time.

For the things that you've given me
Will always stay. They're broken,
But I'll never throw them away.

Watching the long faces
Riding this run down track
And the lost places
From a dream that never brings them back
And the sad truth is
Nothing but a cold hard fact

I'm riding the blue train
Over the miles yet to cover
A ghost in a hurry to fade
I'm taking it one way to nowhere
Afraid you might be there
To find me inside this blue train

Counting the burned bridges
Trailing this rusted wreck
As our back pages
Scatter in the dust we left
Like a pearl necklace
Falling from around my neck

I'm riding the blue train
Over the miles yet to cover
A ghost in a hurry to fade
I'm taking it one way to nowhere
Afraid you might be there
To find me inside this blue train

Away down the low road
A ticket to an empty room
A rendezvous unknown

I'm riding the blue train
Over the miles yet to cover
A ghost in a hurry to fade
And I'm taking it one way to nowhere
Afraid you might be there
To find me inside this blue train

I'm riding the blue train
Over the miles yet to cover
A ghost in a hurry to fade
I'm taking it one way to nowhere
Afraid you might be there
To find me inside this blue train

Well I know it ain't been roses lately, baby, it's just been thorns
And no matter what we do, nothing seems to change
Love has always been my shelter, for you it's been a storm
But for a while I thought we'd almost beat the rain

Now there's a hole here in my pocket where all my dreams have gone
Fallen out like so many nickels and dimes
And last of all you, you'd always been my good luck charm
I should've known that luck's a waste of time

'Cause it don't bring you love if you don't love
And it don't bring you time if you ain't got time
And it don't bring you strength, baby, if you ain't strong
And it don't bring you kindness if you ain't kind

Now there's a whole lot of life to be unsure of
But there's one thing I can safely say I know
That of all the things that finally desert us
Pride is always the last thing to go

But it won't bring you love if you don't love
And it won't bring you time if you ain't got time
And it won't bring you strength, baby, if you ain't strong
And it won't bring you kindness if you ain't kind

And now I wish you only roses, baby, without the thorns
And I hope your dreams are always within reach
And I wish you shelter, baby, from all your storms
They scared you, but they never seemed to teach

That I can't bring you love if you don't love
And I can't bring you time if you ain't got time
And I can't bring you strength, baby, if you ain't strong
And I can't bring you kindness if you ain't kind
And I can't bring you kindness if you ain't kind

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Written By CARPENTER, MARY CHAPIN
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Just outside the place
Two people face
Each other merely by chance

Abandoned by words
And the purpose they serve
It stops them right in their tracks

How long has it been
Since this feeling within
Has made you forget who you are?

Let's you believe once more in the moon
Let's you have faith again in the stars
Let's you go free 'cause someone broke through
The wall around your heart

Now the world is unkind most of the time
And most of the time we survive
Hard look at yourselves and love double crosses
That all broken hearts seem to find

After giving too much
They're afraid of the touch
'Cause the last just left a scar

If you believe once more in the moon
And if you have faith again in the stars
You can go free 'cause someone broke through
The wall around your heart

There's walls made of steel
There was walls made of stone
But none are so strong
As the walls made of fear alone

Sooner or later, it's all human nature
Propelling you forward again
It's the step and the chance, the turn and a glance
Asking, where in the world have you been?

But you don't have to answer
'Cause now you're a dancer
And the music is ready to start

You can believe once more in the moon
You have faith again in the stars
And you can go free 'cause someone broke through
The wall around your heart

You can go free 'cause someone broke through
The wall around your heart

See the boys out walking
The boys they look so fine
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine
Soon they'll be bleary-eyed
Under a keg of wine
Down where the drunkards roll

I see that lover standing
Staring at the ground
He's looking for the real thing
Lies were all he found
Now, you can get the real thing
It will only cost a pound
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll

There goes a troubled woman
She dreams a troubled dream
She lives out on the highway
She keeps her money clean
Soon she'll be returning to
The place where she's the queen
Down where the drunkards roll

Oh, you can be a gambler
And never draw a hand
You can be a sailor
And never leave dry land
You can be Lord Jesus
All the world will understand
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll

See the boys out walking
The boys they look so fine
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine