This Train - Joe Bonamassa

Hang on the mistletoe I'm gonna get to know you better This Christmas And as we trim the tree How much fun it's gonna be together This Christmas Fireside blazing bright And we're caroling through the night And this Christmas will be A very special Christmas for me, yeah Presents and cards are here My world is filled with cheer and you This Christmas And as I look around Your eyes outshine the town, they do This Christmas Fireside's blazing bright And we're caroling through the night And this Christmas will be A very special Christmas for me, yeah It's going to be a special Christmas for me Fireside's blazing bright And we're caroling through the night And this Christmas will be A very special Christmas for me It's gonna be a special Christmas Only if you're here Oh, oh, oh Merry Christmas, baby Come on, come on now It's gonna be a special Christmas Shake your head, shake your head It's gonna be a special Christmas me

I hope you find what you're lookin for when it all comes runnin down I hope you find it painted black on your window, or the lips of your lovers frown Cuz if it dies in cold, when the clouds start to roll. Is it then that your soul, starts to bleed? Have you ever seen the President who killed your wounded child? Or the man that crashed your sisters plane claimin he was sent of god? And when she died in your arms, late that night in the dark, Did you pray to your God to come home? Cuz it ain't fair to say, that these tracks are the same. Chorus: So god if you can hear me crash this train Said god if you can hear me crash this train. Now a note to the President, and the Government, and the judges of this place. We're still waitin for you to bring our troops home, clean up that mess you made. Cuz it smells of blood and money across the Iraqi land. But its so easy here to blind us with your "United We Stand" And it ain't hard to see that this Country ain't free. Chorus: So god if you can hear me crash this train Said god if you can hear me crash this train. To the mothers and the fathers who done the best they could. Raisin youngins in a messed up world, it ain't so understood. So I'll cover my ears, and my eyes, pretend that loves the same. Cuz with one courts signature, it all becomes erased. And it ain't hard to tell, When its love we sell. Chorus: So god if you can hear me, crash this train Said god if you can hear me crash this train. God if you can hear me crash this train. I said God if you can hear me crash this train.

This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, everybody ride it in Jesus' name This train is a clean train, this train This train is bound for glory, this train This train, brothers train, is bound for glory, you know, this train This train is bound for glory, everybody ridin' her got to be holy Because this train is a clean train, this train But this train don't pull no liars, this train You got to get off This train don't pull no liars, this train You know this train don't pull no liars No false pretenders, and no back-biter Because this train is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no wankers, this train, uh-uh I said this train don't pull no wankers, this train No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no, this train don't pull no wankers No crack shooter and no whiskey drinkers (I hear ya) Is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers No tobacco chewers and no cigar smokers Because this train is a clean train, you know this train Let's ride the train This train in on the way to glory, this train Yeahhh, this train is on the way to glory, ooh, this train You know this train is on the way to glory, everybody ridin' her, they got to be holy-holy This train is a clean train, this train...

No I'm not colorblind I know the world is black and white Try to keep an open mind but I just can't sleep on this tonight Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed It's movin' in I know I can't But honestly Won't someone stop this train? Don't know how else to say it Don't wanna see my parents go One generation's length away From fighting life out on my own Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed It's movin' in I know I can't But honestly Won't someone stop this train? So scared of getting older I'm only good at being young So I play the numbers game To find a way to say that Life has just begun Had a talk with my old man Said, "Help me understand" He said, "Turn 68" "You renegotiate" "Don't stop this train" "Don't for a minute change" "The place you're in" "And don't think I couldn't" "Ever understand" "I tried my hand" "John, honestly" "We'll never stop this train." Once in a while When its good It'll feel like it should And they're all still around And you're still safe and sound And you don't miss a thing Till you cry when you're drivin' away in the dark Singing Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed It's movin in I know I can't 'Cause now I see I'll never stop this train

She won't drive a Cadillac unless it's new She says gold is just a place to put my jewel I work double shifts for one more pair of shoes This livin' easy's getting hard to do My daddy said never spend more than you make And that advice I've always tried to take 'Til the day you walked into the room Now livin' easy's getting hard to do Keep it simple Man I'm trying Start out lovin' End up cryin' Loan me a dollar Some common sense Can't pay these credit cards on good looks and regrets Put a million in the bank but you need two Cause a man's gotta do what he's gotta do I'm going back to bustin' ass and singing blues This livin easy's getting hard to do Keep it simple Man I'm tryin' Start out lovin' End up cryin' Loan me a dollar Some common sense Can't pay these credit cards on good looks and regrets Put a tombstone in the back yard one day Hand carved under my name it will say Here lies a man who found out far too soon This livin' easy's gotten way too hard to do 'Til the day that you walked into the room This livin easy's getting hard to do