The Magnetic Fields - Fear of Trains lyrics

It was the army train that
Took her daddy from her
It was the bible train that
Took her momma too
And that high loud whistle made
Her horse run away
But the straw that broke the
Camel's back was you

It was the government train that
Took away her childhood
It was the KKK that took away her past
It was the white man's will
That hers be broken
But that barefoot girl could run too fast

Because the world's too cold for
A girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down
The dragon track she had a fear of trains



In the beet fields of Montana
She's always coming on dead rails
To break the plow and whisper, "Honey
Bound to live is bound to fail"
And in a park in San Francisco
Her momma shrieks about the Lord
And down the dead rails there's an echo
The wind is whistling all-aboard

Because the world's too cold for
A girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down
The dragon track she had a fear of trains

It was the wagon train that
Took away her country
It was the oil train that took away her land
And she could have been the
Belle of the ponderosa
But that was not the fat man's plan

Because the world's too cold for
A girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down
The dragon track she had a fear of trains