Am


[Verse]
Am
Where the firestorms are howling through the land

And the riverboats are drowning in the sand
G
Where the hinges of the window shutters groan
    Am
Was my father's home

Am
Where the schoolbell's ringin' way down Lincoln Square

And the sound of broken playgrounds fill the air
         G
I see skeletons of greyhounds lay and rust
           Am
And their trails in the dust
      G
And I still can hear the children in the park
            Am
Where they danced in the dark


[Chorus]
        C           G
And I'm all on my own
        Dm              F
On that long lonesome road
        C             G           Am
I will roam 'til I'm old in my bones
        C             G
And I'm waiting in vain
        Dm              F
For the late evening train
          C            G         Am
'Til the day when it takes me away

Am


[Verse 2]
Am
Where the neon temples glitter in the night

But there's no one to assemble in their light
    G
The shepherd broke his crooked staff and roared
         Am
Out to the name of the lord

Am
On the porch I watched the pigeons fight the crumbs

And the raindrops played the tin roof battle drums
          G
I should find myself some shelter I suppose
         Am
With the dogs and the crows
         G
Where we all can live together safe and sound
        Am
In our hole in the ground


[Chorus]
        C           G
And I'm all on my own
        Dm              F
On that long lonesome road
        C             G           Am
I will roam 'til I'm old in my bones
        C             G
And I'm waiting in vain
        Dm              F
For the late evening train
          C            G         Am
'Til the day when it takes me away

Am


[Verse 3]
Am
Where the mountains crumble down and oceans rise

And the country's getting old before my eyes
G
Waltzing with the planets in the sky
        Am
Turn the wheels of time

Am
And I gaze up to the stars until I sleep

See their blaze deep in my heart and in my dreams
        G
When everything is dark the future's bright
       Am
And it feels alright
        G
I will rise up and I'll fly into space
        Am
Come the end of days


[Chorus]
        C           G
And I'm all on my own
        Dm              F
On that long lonesome road
        C             G           Am
I will roam 'til I'm old in my bones
        C             G
And I'm waiting in vain
        Dm              F
For the late evening train
          C            G         Am
'Til the day when it takes me away

        C           G
And I'm all on my own
        Dm              F
On that long lonesome road
        C             G           Am
I will roam 'til I'm old in my bones
        C             G
And I'm waiting in vain
        Dm              F
For the late evening train
          C            G         Am
'Til the day when it takes me away