Charlie Williams - Waitin' on the Train Lyrics

On a cold winter's night
Alone in the lamplight
Wood smoke driftin' 'round his cabin home
Well he'd had enough of lonely
Had enough of pain
And all he wanted now was a seat upon the train

He's a waitin' on the train waitin' on the train
Waitin' on the train to take him home
He's waitin' on the train , waitin' on the train
Waitin' on the train to take him home

In the springtime of his life
He found the perfect wife
And side by side they built the family home
Well they watched their young son grow
The years come and go
A silent snow was falling
As an old man sat alone

Well he'd seen his share of hard times
And chosen right from wrong
Stared into the campfires and heard the thrushes songs
But nothing lasts forever the leaves they must fall
Now way off down the valley he listens for the call

He's a waitin' on the train, waitin' on the train
Waitin' on the train to take him home
He's a waitin' on the train, waitin' on the train
Waiting on the train to take him home

Then he thought about the war
The knock upon their door
Now their boy is sleepin' on the hill
Was the worst day of his life
When the fever took his wife
They say that time heals all but he knows it never will

Well he'd seen his share of hard times
And chosen right from wrong
Stared into the campfires and heard the thrushes songs
But nothin' lasts forever the leaves they must fall
Now way off down the valley he listens for the call

He's waitin' on the train, waitin' on the train
Waiting on the train to take him home
He's waitin' on the train, waiting on the train
Waiting on the train to take him home
He's waiting on the train waiting on the train
Waiting on the train to take him home
He's waiting on the train waiting on the train
Waiting on the train to take him home