no i m not color blind i know the world is black and white try to keep an open mind but i just can t sleep on this tonight stop this train i want to get off and go home again i can t take the speed it s moving in i know i can t but honestly won t someone stop this train don t know how else to say it don t want to see my parents go one generation s length away from fighting life out on my own stop this train i want to get off and go home again i can t take the speed it s moving in i know i can t but honestly won t someone stop this train so scared of getting older i m only good at being young so i play the numbers game to find away to say that life has just begun had a talk with my old man said help me understand he said turn 68 you ll renegotiate don t stop this train don t for a minute change the place you re in don t think i couldn t ever understand i tried my hand john honestly we ll never stop this train see once in a while when it s good it ll feel like it should and they re all still around and you re still safe and sound and you don t miss a thing til you cry when you re driving away in the dark singing stop this train i want to get off and go home again i can t take this speed it s moving in i know i can t cause now i see i ll never stop this train 