STATION MASTER
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1999


In the dawn's early light from a long and a sleepless night
She returned again this mornin' from her long and restless flight
And my red hollow eyes did not show her much surprise
As she lay right down beside me like she never said goodbye.

Please help me station master, is the evenin' train on time
The well's run dry up yonder, there's another down the line.

It was all I could bear just to watch her lyin' there
Disowned and ragged princess with the sun locked in her hair
So cold, so frail with her mind locked in a jail
The victim of confusion, never knowing she could fail.

Please help me station master, is the evenin' train on time
The well's run dry up yonder, there's another down the line.

(bridge)

So I rocked her to sleep then I got up on my feet
And the day was filled with sunshine as I gazed across the street
And the door seemed to say, over here, step this way
The station is for travelers, even you must ride someday.

Please help me station master, is the evening' train on time
The well's run dry up yonder, there's another down the line.

Please help me station master can I stay for just a while
Forgive me if I'm weary, I ain't had much, much time to smile.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2013)