[Verse 1]
I can't keep these notebooks straight
Since we parted ways
Lord, I write somethin' new every day
Nights, they ain't so hard for me
I just drink myself to sleep
With some foolish girl who likes the way I sing
[Pre-Chorus]
Call me what you will for loving you
And lying with somebody new
Lord, it ain't like you're waitin' around for me
[Chorus 1]
I just say "there's a train that leaves
At a quarter past three
That I've got a one way ticket to be on
And I can come and stay with you
If you want me to
But when you wake up in the morning
I'll be gone"
[Verse 2 1]
I'm on the road these days in a rеntal car
Passing semis and city fearing stars
Hoping in my heart I'm hеaded the right way
I met an English girl at an Irish bar
Said she was learning how to play guitar
Wondered if I'd come and listen at her place
[Chorus 1]
I said "there's a train that leaves
At a quarter past three
That I've got a one way ticket to be on
I can come and stay with you
If you want me to
But when you wake up in the morning
I'll be gone"
[Bridge]
I called you this morning at about a quarter till three
You didn't answer so I left this message on your machine
[Chorus 2]
I said "there's a train that leaves
At a quarter past three
That I've got a one way ticket to be on
Don't you go wait up for me
No, get yourself some sleep
But when you wake up in the morning
I'll be home"
[Outro]
There's a train that leaves
At 3:15
That I've got a one way ticket to be on
That train it's takin' me to a woman fast asleep
That I should have been sleepin' with all along