Story Behind The Song

inspired by a dream about living in a moving boxcar

Song Description

a "bohemian-rock" style accompaniment to a song describing a likewise bohemian lifestyle

Lyrics

inspired by a dream
[verse I]
I've been living in a boxcar on a never-ending journey
writing songs for my amusement so no-one'll ever hear me
my scrapbooks & memories
lie scattered in the debris
life on the rails
living life on the rails

[verse II]
with my pencil & notepad on a desk by a chair
where I sit and imagine what is-n't really there
while the rhythm inspired
by the clatter of the wheels
as they roll on endlessly
steel against steel
life on the rails
living life on the rails

[bridge I]
I never see my neighbours
though I hear them through the wall
late night conversations
making long distance calls
the wind finds its way
through the cracks in the door
as I shiver in silence
in my bed on the floor

[verse III]
through a porthole I sometimes see
dark hills & trees
while words settle on the pages
as they float down like leaves
and then sometimes there are factories
that slowly pass us by
with those tall chequered chimneys
silhouetted by the sky
life on the rails
living life on the rails

//that's life on the rails//