Train Cars (song)

I wanna watch the train go by

I wanna hear the engines grind

I wanna see the names they tout

I wanna be let out

I wanna watch the train go by

See cuts of other people's lives

Hear voices rising up to shout,

"I wanna be let out, let out!"

Paint in different shades of grey

Cover the highway bridge

It's hard to look away

When you know just what they did

But you know you'll see them again

and again

and again

I wanna watch the train go by

I wanna hear the engines grind

I wanna see the names they tout 

I wanna be let out

I wanna watch the train go by

See cuts of other people's lives

I smell paint in the air and shout,

"I wanna be let out, let out!"

Do you see the way

The paint cans shine

In the golden light

Can you see it? 

Cause I see glimmers of hope

On every train car and post

Decked out in stickers and paint

Evidence of the way

That we all make our marks

I believe there's a spark

Of something bigger than me

Of something bigger than you

Of pure and unsilenced truth

And that's why

I wanna watch the train go by

I wanna hear the engines grind

I wanna see the names they tout

I wanna be let out

I wanna watch the train go by

See cuts of other people's minds

Hear messages of rage that shout,

"We wanna be let out, let out!"