Train In The Distance Cifras

Train In The Distance
Words & music By Paul Simon 1981
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
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   She was beautiful as Southern skies
 
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  The night he met her
 
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    She was married to someone
 
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   He was doggedly determined that he would get her
 
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    He was old, he was young
 
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 From time to time he'd tip his heart
 
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      But each time she withdrew
 
[Chorus]
 
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   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
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      Everybody thinks it's true
 
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   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
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      Everybody thinks it's true
 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
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   Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
 
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    Sure enough they have a son
 
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   And though they both were occupied with the child she carried
 
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    Disagreements had begun
 
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 And in a while they       fell apart
 
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      It wasn't hard to do
 
[Chorus]
 
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   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
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      Everybody thinks it's true
 
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   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
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      Everybody thinks it's true
 
 
[Bridge]
 
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       Two disappointed believers
 
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     Two people playing the game
 
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   Negotiations and love songs
 
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Are often mistaken for    one and the same
 
[Verse 3]
 
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   Now the man and the woman remain in contact
 
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    Let us say it's for the child
 
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   With disagreements about the meaning
 
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Of a marriage contract
 
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    Conversations hard and wild
 
 
But from time to time
 
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He makes her laugh
 
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      She cooks a meal or two
 
[Chorus]
 
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   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
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      Everybody thinks it's true
 
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   Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
 
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      Everybody thinks it's true
 
[Verse 4]
 
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       What is the point of this story
 
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     What information pertains
 
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   The thought that life could be better
 
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Is woven indelibly
 
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   Into our hearts         and our brains
 
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      (Like a train in the distance)
 
 
Repeat and fade:
 
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