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The Getaway (Lonesome Train)

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The Getaway (Lonesome Train)

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Every time I hear that lonesome train roll down the track

Going away to unknown destinations

I believe there's someone out there making the great escape

Just moving on, suddenly gone and so unexpectedly

It might hit you on a sunny afternoon

Without a warning there's a thought, it just comes over you

And it's a shadow on a sidewalk, someone like you

In a blink of an eye, waving goodbye

It's time you made your getaway

In a suburb somewhere someone's quietly planning their getaway

Traveling light, in case they might get a change of heart

It's the bravest move they'll ever make, but they have to make the break

That's the risk that they take, so don't hesitate, then so unexpectedly

It might hit you on a sunny afternoon

Without a warning there's a thought, it just comes over you

And it's a shadow on the sidewalk, someone you knew

It's time you made your getaway

It might hit you on a sunny afternoon

Without a warning there's a thought, it just comes over you

And it's a shadow on the sidewalk, someone like you

It's time you made your getaway

You'll make the great escape

Get out that door before it's too late

Hear that lonesome train

The lonesome train

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