He took it like he thought a man might And shrugged, like he understood Trying all through Trainwreck 49 Turn it up! 'Till you're floating through the wood Wet hair falling 'round those eyes Will tear at your mind if you let it Hang that movie out to dry If you're brown paper dreams will let you forget it Telephone wire is a brittle line Leaves silences that demand replies Through Swansea and Belmont he pushed the floor To catch her falling through the door Drunk on trying to sleep it off So you lean the car through every turn Your chest is sunken beneath the cloth Do you steel yourself for the icy burn? The rain has made the tar all greasy
I know I should shy from this kind of deal But I tell you my mind, it forgets how easy Cold wet hands can slip off the wheel You wait so long in a Newcastle night For a lonely cab to pull out of sight And you can wear out a hole in a hard wood room Headed for goodbye, but you don't know how soon But one day when you see me When you hear my name more clearly One day when you see me You won't be seeing the one that you lost On Trainwreck 49 He took it like he thought a man might And shrugged, like he understood Trying all through Trainwreck 49 Turn it up 'till you're floating through the wood