train i ride don t be slow if your whistle can blow fifteen miles down the track tell them i m coming back counting poles counting sheep don t be slow i won t weep if your wheels on the line were to put me on time just a year to the day since i went upon my way to seek my fortune and fame be a star change my name and that s it more or less til this midnight express i know i can t be late cause she said she won t wait she ll just go marry jack so there s no turning back and it s 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track band i had got a break just one chance we had to take told my girl i d be back left her with my friend jack new york city for a spell things didn t turn out so well every dive that we played we were lucky we got paid mr train driver please if your speed you increase every cent i have now will be yours this i vow we called ourselves the latino lovers hawaiian shirts and top forty covers i didn t think i could sink this low when drugs and booze ate all my dough this isn t how it was meant to be there s no such thing as a meal that s free if i was ever to get out alive i have to get home on time  train i ride don t be slow if your whistle can blow fifteen miles down the track tell them i m coming back and it s 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track
['permanent wave', 'soft rock', 'sophisti-pop']