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(Waiting For) The Ghost Train Lyrics
A straw headed woman, and a barrel chested man
A pocket full of posies with a hat brim full of sand
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
A dog chasing the tumbleweeds, across the sandy floor
That drift along the platform, through the ticket office door
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
But don't tell me there's nothing coming, you don't fool me
I hear the ghost train rumbling along the tracks (set them free)
And I hear them
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
The station master's writing with a piece of orange chalk
A hundred cancellations, still no one wants to walk
Keep the hungry children from the skeleton in the back
Paid to keep an eye out for the gipsy caravans
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
I hear the ghost train rumbling along the tracks (set them free)
And I hear them
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
It's black and white (don't try)
It's black and white (don't try)
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
And I hear them
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
A pocket full of posies with a hat brim full of sand
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
That drift along the platform, through the ticket office door
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
I hear the ghost train rumbling along the tracks (set them free)
And I hear them
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
A hundred cancellations, still no one wants to walk
Keep the hungry children from the skeleton in the back
Paid to keep an eye out for the gipsy caravans
(Ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh) waiting for the train that never comes
And I hear them
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
It's black and white (don't try)
It's black and white (don't try)
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
And I hear them
It's black and white, don't try to hide it
It's black and white, don't try to hide
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This song also has under currents regarding apartheid in south africa at the same time, 'I hear the ghost train rumbling along the tracks (set them free) And I hear them It's black and white, don't try to hide it'
signifying the seperation between black and white
Its about Apartheid in South Africa.
This was one of the last songs before they split up (only to reform). It reflects them drifinting apart, and finally realising it, "It's black and white, don't try to hide". Also I think "A hundred cancellations, still no one wants to walk" signifys the tension that was present, that they blamed each other. Just my two cents!
This was one of the last songs before they split up (only to reform). It reflects them drifinting apart, and finally realising it, "It's black and white, don't try to hide". Also I think "A hundred cancellations, still no one wants to walk" signifys the tension that was present, that they blamed each other. Just my two cents!