oh my sweet little darling dear when these words reach your ears ill be long gone from here all alone in a railyard the shrill whistle blows oh where im a going really god only knows ill call her eliza the girl with no name all wrapped up in silence in secrets in pain the north country winter both tied to the road smiled and said nothing i bared her my soul and i knew that i loved her but i couldnt say why and all of that silence might well have been lies she cried out i love you but ill never be free there ain t no use guessing just forget about me its lonesome out here on the road where the last points of fire that light the night sky burn down to their embers and flicker and die my fingers go numb in the cold where the last little spark thats disrupting the dark is that last bit of feeling thats left in my heart my footsteps were haunted for many long weeks i couldnt find shelter in those dull dusty streets so i found me a railcar with no windows no doors poured out all my love on the cold rusty floor and in the gray morning i was long gone away in a far eastern country where the language is strange where the seabirds they circle no ocean nearby like lost souls theyre crying lamenting their plight the sun rises and sets in the same goddamn place shadows circle my body and laugh in my face though i set out to find me a whole brand new life i dont want to forget her i dont want to die1