I Hear the Ocean (When I Wanna Hear Trains)

It doesn't matter if it's real or not It isn't wise to make it stop It's used to getting only what it wants And we're in no shape now to be fought It has no mercy with wings it's got A shadow longer than you could've thought It's not in any mood to talk It has me cornered, and it has you caught Out walking the city in your boots in the rain I've been here sitting down looking out into the waves I'm indifferent now to any other pain I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains Yeah, I wanna change horses, and I wanna switch lanes In the morning a fool is quick to pretend This night too does not begin Now with a shot glass coming up again Elbows down to the bitter end You're in the bar light with your smoke rings And a stranger who's leaning in And I'm hoping to black out and land Long before you're more than friends Oh, I'm being handled like a pistol and a boy who plays While lost in the saddle two thousand miles out of range And I'm not listening, but it's calling out my name I hear the ocean, when I want to hear trains I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains Yeah, I wanna change horses, and I wanna switch lanes Oh, I'm in the desert now with this flag being raised Now this is surrender and these are the cruelest of days I'm not working with a net below I pay I hear the ocean when I want to hear trains I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains Yeah, I hear the ocean when I wanna hear trains