LEAVIN' TRAIN^©

Baby when I ask you if everything is alright
You whisper "Don't worry" and you shut out the light
Well now black is black in this bed we're laying
Yeah and I wanna believe the words yeah that your lips are saying*

Whoa but your eyes look like a leavin' train
Yeah they keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin' me down

Well I did anything just to try to get close to you
Yeah I took it step by step yeah like a man's supposed to
Tell me now, is this my
Baby, is this my contrition
To have the love that I longed for fill me with suspicion

'Cause your eyes look like a leavin' train
Yeah they keep on dragging me down
Your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin' me down

[guitar solo] Whoaaa yeah yeah...

So now it's tellin' time, oh my little sister
Now can I believe the words, the words of love you whisper
Is my train in vain, oh has my soul gone to waste
Am I just a victim of, a victim of my lost faith

Whoa but your eyes look like a leavin' train
Yeah they keep on dragging me down
'Cause your eyes look like a leavin' train
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin'
They keep on draggin' me down

[guitar solo] Whoaaa yeah yeah...

A very guitar driven rocker from the Human Touch / Lucky Town sessions, recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, CA, on 27 Feb 1990. Released on Tracks in 1998.

Never played live, but reported to be sound-checked on 08 May 2000 at the Civic Center, Hartford, CT.

* On the Tracks booklet, this line is written as "And I wanna believe the words that you're saying". Other lines in this song also slightly differ from what's on the booklet.

Track credits:
Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar
Bob Glaub - bass
Ian McLagen - organ
Jeff Porcaro - drums
Recorded by Toby Scott
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain