Train

Released: September 12, 2014

Songwriter: Jerry Becker Pat Monahan

Producer: Jake Sinclair Butch Walker

[Verse 1]
There was a mountain on the table of bills that needed pay
Dishes in the kitchen sink, like dreams that never fade
A wild imagination, convicts in the yard
Never enough time to make ends meet
So they put it on a credit card, don't we all?

[Verse 2]
You may not know just where you came from but once upon a time
There was a carpenter, a bartender, a broken fishing line
Just south of royalty in the town that I came from
There were architects and astronauts
But the only one she loved was a prison guard

[Refrain]
And that's the only time I ever saw true love

[Chorus 1]
America's a girl I liked in Georgia
London kept me warm up in Eugene
I guess my mother bless her heart
Set the bar too high to start
Cause finding love for me is just too hard
For a son of a prison guard

[Verse 3]
There's a gate that needed painting, clothes that needed clean
They'd say there's time enough for that when the fun has all been seen
Cause when we're laying on our death bed, a promise we won't say
Wish we would have worked more, baby
Instead of loving you that way, no way

[Refrain]

[Chorus 2]
Sedona is a girl I met in Brooklyn
Paris got me close in New Orleans
I guess my mother bless her heart
Set the bar too high to start
Cause finding love for me is just too hard
For a son of a prison guard

[Bridge]
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
I go wherever you are

[Chorus 3]
Betty is a girl I knew in Charlotte
Jordan left for Sydney yesterday
I guess my mother bless her heart
Set the bar too high to start
Cause finding love for me is just too hard
For a son of a prison guard

Train is an American rock band from San Francisco, formed in 1993. The band currently consists of Patrick Monahan (lead vocals), Luis Maldonado (guitar), Hector Maldonado (bass, vocals), Drew Shoals (drums), Jerry Becker (keyboards, guitar), Sakai Smith (backup vocals), and Nikita Houston (backup vocals).

With a lineup that included original members Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood, and Charlie Colin, the band achieved mainstream success with their debut album Train, which was released in 1998 with the hit “Meet Virginia”. Train’s 2001 album, Drops of Jupiter contained the lead single “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)”, which won two Grammy Awards in 2002. The album was certified double platinum in the United States and Canada and remains the band’s best-selling album to date.

Train’s third studio album, My Private Nation, released in 2003, was certified platinum in the United States with the hit “Calling All Angels”. Following the departures of Hotchkiss and Colin, the band released their fourth album, For Me, It’s You in 2006, with Brandon Bush (keyboards) and Johnny Colt (bass). Despite a generally positive reception from critics, the album was commercially unsuccessful. Because of this, Train went on a two-year hiatus from recording any new music.

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