greg trooper
close to the tracks
She lives close to the tracks So she never sleeps a wink The trains run all night Give her plenty time to think  About the love that she had To a man brave and true And how that love turned bad The way love's bound to do  They'd have candle light meals They'd drink wine from Bordeaux They'd make love every night The moon hung low  But he stopped coming home He stopped paying the bills She had to move to this house By the tracks down the hill  She'd call her mom and her dad But they wouldn't understand They'd say what did you do To that hard working man  She'd call her brother down south But he'd never call her back He's got his house down a hill Next to his own railroad tracks  So what happens now What should she do? She can't fall asleep And dream a love brand new  Up in the air She sees birds and planes You know she'd go anywhere To get away from these trains  