Brooklyn Train

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I'm a rider of the city on this Brooklyn train Held by the crowd, face to face Freeze frames in time move through me Moments and lives I won't again see [Verse 2] Pack of kids gets on board Loud and laughing, they rule the car Non-stop rhythm of words and speed The sound of the young, the sound of the city [Chorus] Down below on iron veins Rolling waves of subway trains Rails of mercy cross the lives of men Safe in the body of New York again [Verse 3] Asian men selling fire trucks and flags To the mix of voices of a doo-wop band Sailors in whites dance and swing 'Neath the streets, part of everything [Verse 4] A family just arrived from JFK A couple of boys, another on the way A mother is watching, remembers her son Buys some fire trucks, gives each of them one [Chorus] Down below on iron veins Rolling waves of subway trains Rails of mercy cross the lives of men Safe in the body of New York again [Bridge] And in all these others it's myself I see And the threads that connect these faces to me And those who rode these rails before me And the others who will ride this train after me [Verse 5] Williamsburg Bridge, sun hits the train As it rises over the city again Nobody speaks, everyone stares Remembering all that used to be there And only the living know what loss means We're riding together on this morning train [Chorus] Down below on iron veins Rolling waves of subway trains Rails of mercy cross the lives of men Safe in the body of New York again Safe in the body of New York again