Train

[Verse]
Here i'm on the road again
With my favorite lie
Can't keep up with where i've been
But it helps me hide
Taking a hold of all of the adulation
Keeping my favorite point of view
I'm sailing away from all of the expectation
Baby, i'm better off with you
When you're home all by yourself
I can't get down with it
I can't get up with it
I can't help thinking i'd be better off dead
And i know myself by now
I place all my forecourt prayers
I'm taking my turn with all these evolutions
Keeping my house on where i can
(maybe i'm better off with you)
Sailing away from all these expectations
'cos everything's better when it's new
Well, it's easier said than it's easier done
Then you feel like you lost if i feel like i've won
And it's been crazier than it's ever been
Ever been but i miss you

[Outro]
Hanging myself on all these elevations
Crossing my heart and hoping to fly
(maybe i'm better off alive)
Falling in love with all of these expectation
Maybe i'm better off alive
(maybe i'm better off alive)
Maybe i'm better off alive
(maybe i'm better off alive)
Maybe i'm better off alive
I'm alive, i'm alive

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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