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Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Canonical path: /cyndi-lauper/right-track-wrong-train
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Right Track, Wrong Train
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Right Track, Wrong Train
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The train was leaving at 10 after 10
I got to the station just in time to check in
I've been bumpin' my bags all around
I'm trying hard to never knock people down
But I can see I left a few on the ground
And as the train pulls away
I can hear the conductor say
Right track, wrong train
Right track, wrong train
I'm not to blame
Right track, wrong train, train
I read my schedule but my train wasn't there
I re-read my ticket, it said, going nowhere
Everybody had the same tatooed face
All the women and men dressed in lace
I think I gotta get out of this place
I should've got off
Before the engineer locked the door
Right track, wrong train
Right track, wrong train
I'm not to blame
Right track, wrong train
Train, train, train, hey
Hey that's a neat tatoo you're wearing
By the way where'd you get it?
Uh, huh, say, is this an express train?
Uh, huh, snack bar?
Uh, huh, uh, huh
Something is happening so familiar to me
Is this the outer limits, like on TV?
Another empty town fading to gray
Another coca-cola sign on the way
Have a cup of coffee, have a nice day
And as the train pushes on
We're headed for Babylon
Oh, no
Right track, wrong train
Right track, wrong train
Right track, wrong train
On the wrong train, on the right track
We don't know if she'll ever come back
What train is this?
Something is happening so familiar to me
Is this the outer limits like on TV?
Have a cup of coffee, have a nice day
Yeah, yeah I'll be right there, yeah
I'm gonna get the next train, yeah
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Cyndi Lauper performs "Right Track, Wrong Train", and this lyric page sits inside the Cyndi Lauper catalog on LyroVerse.
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