Got On In New Haven

Last Car On The Train.

Put My Hat On The Seat,

Wipe The Tears From My Eyes.



I Watched My Life Go By,

Like A Movie In My Brain.

Scenes Unreeling;

In A Sceneless Chain

On The Window,

And A Silver Screen Of Rain!



And The Opening Title Scroll,

And The Score Comes In And Under.

And I'm In The Starring Role,

In A World Of Love-struck Wonder;



It's A Tale Full Of Promise, About Two Crazy Kids;

Falling In Love, But In Flashback.



And Then The Music,

That Gorgeous Music;

And I Wake Up,

Rattling Down The Railroad Track.



He Could Be Sweet,

But I Stayed On My Guard.

Just How Good A Liar

Can A Decent Man Be?



I Always Played My Hand

Like I Didn't Have The Cards.

Cause He Held Them All

So I Could Never See.

Yes, He Played Me For A Fool,

And I Agreed.



And The Closing Credits Roll,

And The Waves Come In Like Thunder.

Cause The Hero's Lost Control,

And I Made A Fatal Blunder.



Just Another Sad Story;

Two Star-crossed Kids,

Racing Headlong Up A Cul-de-sac.



And Then That Music,

That Mournful Music.

And The Train's Disappearing

Down That Railroad Track.



And The Long, Slow Dissolve,

As We Fade To Black.