6. The Old 29

1. There’s a fast-food place, where the people used to wait
There’s a street now, where the rails used to be
A blackbird is picking at something on the ground
As he sits there in the bushes and the weeds

2. I remember playin’ catch down near the gate
It seemed like those summers didn’t end
The depot still stands there, but it’s broken and faded
It was third base back then

CHO What ever happened to the old twenty-nine?
Anybody know?
She’d rumble in from somewhere, then rumble out again
One thing’s for sure,
She’s not comin’ through here anymore.

3. A misty-eyed young man, barely 18 years old
Said his goodbyes from that train
He was off to the city to find his own way
Seeking his fortune and fame.

4. The years have passed by, that seems a lifetime ago.
But that boy, he’s sittin’ here today.
He strums his guitar, while he looks for the tracks
Where he and his buddies once played.