Have talked at length about this one but suffice it to say, was inspired by, Robert Frost, Abraham Lincoln, Bobby Kennedy, The Blues Brothers, and the fact that I've always lived near train tracks my whole life, it's part of my make up - seems like if I don't hear trains, I get anxious. Marty McCool showed me a clip, after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, they took his body cross country via train - thousands came out of their houses all along the journey to salute him in his casket - very powerful footage, I guess that sparked the song.
Lyrics
These Dreams About Trains
I have these dreams about trains
At least a couple times a week
I wake startled and breathless
I can't form the words to speak
It takes me a second to recover
I need to take a look around
Each one is different from the other
I wake to hear not a sound
I have these dreams about trains
I have these dreams about trains
Some are east bound steam trains for the coast
Some are bearing down on me
Some come through the fallen snow
Some are carrying a casket
Some have people inside
Some lay pennies in its path
Some come from the mountainside
I have these dreams about trains
Last call, all aboard, come along now all ye ghosts
And the conductors before me
Are in the bar giving a toast, we have miles to go before we sleep
And there are bridges we need to cross
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
I have these dreams about trains
Some are to reunite lovers
When i see a black plume of smoke
I know they're safe, in the arms of one another
Some will salute as its passing by
I can feel their engines are running hot
I have these dreams about trains
I don't think they're ever gonna stop
I have these dreams about trains