JENNY DREAMED OF TRAINS
(Vince Gill / Guy Clark)

Mary Chapin Carpenter - 1992
Sweethearts Of The Rodeo - 1993
Vince Gill - 1996
John Denver - 1997
Maria Sangiolo - 1998
The Chapmans - 1999



When Jenny was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains
She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
Jenny counted boxcars instead of countin' sheep
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep 

All she ever talked about was gettin' on to ride
She was livin' in another time, you could see it in her eyes
And every day after school, she'd head down to the track
She was waitin' for the train that was never comin' back

Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains

The depot's been boarded up, the rails have turned to rust
There hasn't been a train through here since the mill went bust
No one believed her when she said she'd heard the train
She was just a little girl actin' kinda strange

Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains

(Instrumental Break)

Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
In God we trust, and then she walked away
The very next mornin' all she could find
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime 

Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains

Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2018)