written by andy hall verse 1 when i was a child and all the world was new i met a little girl just a sweet as mornin dew and she gave me a promise i hope will last forever more i was just a country boy who had it in his mind to leave that country town just to see what i could find but i knew i d come back to find the girl i loved before chorus and love love love was my destination i traveled so far to be with you again and the train train train will leave me at the station will you be there to take me by the hand verse 2 in my pocket is a letter you wrote me long ago bout how you d always love even if i had to go but it s just a piece of paper and you were just a child and the picture that i have of you is all faded and brown but it s all i ve got to get me back to the old hometown where you ll be waiting for me like you promised that you would chorus and love love love was my destination i traveled so far to be with you again and the train train train will leave me at the station will you be there to take me by the hand verse 3 pulled into the depot for ten years i ve been gone and would i know what you like after being gone so long then i thought i caught a glimpse of that long golden hair but it was just an illusion because you were no where to be found i was lost in the confusion and the train pulled out just as i turned around chorus 2 and love love love was my destination i traveled so far to be with you again and the train train train has left me at the station left me alone to hang my head and cry