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I Hear The Ocean (When I Wanna Hear Trains)

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I Hear The Ocean (When I Wanna Hear Trains)

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Doesn't matter if it's real or not

It isn't wise to make it stop

It's used to getting only what it wants

And we're in no shape to be fought

It has no mercy with wings it's got

A shadow longer than you could've thought

It's not in any mood to talk

Has me cornered and it has you caught

Out walking the city in your boots in the rain

I've been here sitting down looking out into the waves

I'm indifferent now to any other pain

I hear the ocean when I wanna to hear trains

I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains

I wanna change horses I wanna switch lanes

In the morning a fool is quick to pretend

This night too does not begin

With a shot glass coming up again

Elbows down to the bitter end

You're in the bar light with your smoke rings

And a stranger who's leaning in

I'm hoping to blackout and land

Long before you're more than friends

I'm being handled like a pistol and a boy who plays

While lost in the saddle two thousand miles out of range

I'm not listening but it's calling out my name

I hear the ocean when I want to hear trains

I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains

I wanna change horses I wanna switch lanes

I'm in the desert now with this flag being raised

This is surrender and these are the cruelest of days

I'm not working with a net below I pay

I hear the ocean when I want to hear trains

I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains

I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains

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