David Berman - Trains Across the Sea lyrics

Troubles, no troubles On the line And I can't stand to see you I can't stand to see you When you're crying at home Scotch and penicillin Please try Carlton A cold black maple hangar And husbands on the run I just got back from a dream attack That took me by surprise And in there I met a lady Her name was Shady Sides And she said "It's been evening all day long It's been evening all day long And how can something so old Be so wrong." Sin and gravity Drag me down to sleep To dream of trains across the sea Trains across the sea Half hours on earth What are they worth I don't know In 27 years I've drunk fifty thousand beers And they just wash against me Like the sea into a pier...