Train

Released: March 27, 2001

Songwriter: Train

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
Since then I never feel helpless
Recess, this mess if you do
And I find that even time well spent
Gets bent if you need it to, we do
By now I've showed you how much
I believe in the here
And now and I wish that you knew

[Chorus]
Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
I'll be your whipping boy

[Verse 2]
You spilled your purse onto my bed
Searching for something for your head
Since then you never come clean
I mean you wish you only could

[Chorus]
Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
I'll be your whipping boy

[Bridge]
I can get up, I can get up, I can get up
I can get up, I can get up, I can get up
I can get up, I can get up, I can get up
I can get up, I can get up, I can get up
I can get up, I can get up, I can get up
I can get up, I can get up, I can get up

And I find that even time well spent
Gets bent if you need it to, we do, we do

[Chorus]
Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
I'll be your whipping boy

Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
Lay all you want on me
I'll be your whipping boy

[Outro]
I'll be your whipping boy
I'll be your whipping boy

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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