Whistle Of A Distant Train - Ed Harcourt

Scream through the silence and over the hills

10 thousand years have gone by Passing the islands and broken down mills

The train silhouettes through the skyline

Mere emotion, see the ocean

Just for one day

Life speeded up since you threw me a smile

Please don’t jump on the train for a short while yet

Waking up with cold feet

Wine stains on my shirt

Flat out in sparse fields of dry wheat

Going to Sunday church

Leaves on the trees splinter out of control

While the wind blows the dust on my face

Down in the valley where nobody goes

I can’t help feeling sad in this place

Mere motion, see the ocean

Just for one day

The whistle of the distant train

The whistle of the distant train