Train Song

(Taken from real live experiences of kids on trains and a particular little boy who does have trains on the brain")

"Stand Clear! Doors Closing! Next stop Parramatta!

(to the rhythm of the train)

I got trains on the brain... Mummy daddy let me explain
I just want to ride on a train..! got trains on the brain.

I want to go for a ride on the train. I want to go for a ride on the train.
Roll along the railway track to the countryside & back. I want to....

Hey! We're going for a ride on the train. Hey! We're going for a ride on the train
Won't you come along with me. There's so many things to see when we're going for ...

Oh! We're waiting at the station for the train. Oh! We're waiting at the station for the train.
Got our tickets we're on time. Wait behind the yellow line. Oh! We're....

Now we're moving from the station on the train. Now we're moving from the station on the train
See us fly along the track all the way to town & back. Now we're moving.....

I want to get a window seat on the train. I want to get a window seat on the train.
Keep our head and hands inside and we'll have a safer ride. I want.....

Oh! It's safe and clean and cool on the train and there's lots of room to move on the train.
Far away from noisy roads where the smells get up your nose. It's safe and .....

It'll be a quicker trip on the train. In the car we stop & go & stop & go &stop & etc.......again
The traffic is so slow. We have to wait till green says GO! It'll be a.......

Hey! We're climbing up the hill on the train. We're climbing up the hill on the train.
We're climbing up the hill. Just like Jack and Jill. We're climbing up the hill on the train.

We're flying down the hill on the train. We're flying down the hill on the train
Trees and houses zooming past. Hey! tills train can go so fast. We're flying....

Hey! Daddy! There's a freight train on the track, with eighty loaded coal trucks on its back.
Little engine must be strong to pull those heavy trucks along. Look Daddy there's a coal...

OoH! we're going through the tunnel on the train. We're going through the tunnel on the train.
Someone turned out the light. Everything's as black as night. We're going...

Eeeee! We're going across the bridge on the train. We're going across the bridge on the train
Lots of water under us

I don't want the ride to finish on the train. I don't want the ride to finish on the
Mummy promised us we won't have to get the bus
I don't want the ride to finish on the train.

© Margaret Bradford

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