Oh my sweet little darling dear
When these words reach your ears
Iâll be long gone from here
All alone in a railyard,
the shrill whistle blows
Oh where Iâm a-going really god only knows
Iâll call her Eliza, the girl with no name
All wrapped up in silence, in secrets, in pain
In north country winter, both tied to the road
Smiled and said nothing, I bared her my soul
And I know that I loved her, but I couldnât say why
And all of that silence might well have been lies
She cried out âI love you, but Iâll never be free.
There âaint no use guessing, just forget about me.â
Itâs lonesome out here on the road
Where the last points of fire that light the night sky
Burn down to their embers and flicker and die
My fingers go numb in the cold
Where the last little spark thatâs disrupting the dark
Is that last bit of feeling thatâs left in my heart
My footsteps were haunted for many long weeks
I couldnât find shelter in those dull dusty streets
So I found me a railcar with no windows, no doors
Poured out all my love on the cold rusty floor
And in the gray morning I was long gone, away
In a far eastern country where the language is strange
Where the seabirds they circle no ocean nearby
Like lost souls theyâre crying, lamenting their plight
The sun rises and sets in the same goddamn place
Shadows circle my body and laugh in my face
Though I set out to find me a whole brand new life
I donât want to forget her, I donât want to die
Itâs lonesome out here on the road
Where the last points of fire that light the night sky
Burn down to their embers and flicker and die
My fingers go numb in the cold
Where the last little spark thatâs disrupting the dark
Is that last bit of feeling thatâs left in my heart