The Lonesome Whistle

[Verse] In a quiet southern town where the sun hangs low, There’s a train that passes time with a whistle’s lonely blow. The tracks they stretch out far, like lines across my heart, And every time that whistle moans, it's tearing me apart. [Verse 2] I remember well the days beside the old creek bed, When we’d dream about the future and the words we never said. Now that creek’s run dry, and so have my tears, And the echo of that whistle brings back all those years. [Chorus] The lonesome whistle calls, through the fields and the pines, A ghostly melody, that haunts these thoughts of mine. Each mournful wail a reminder of what once was bright, Oh, that lonesome whistle cries for me tonight. [Verse 3] Every evening at sundown, I sit and watch the rail, Hoping for a glimpse of you, but it's all to no avail. The station bench is empty, just shadows of the past, And the whistle’s distant sorrow tells me love don’t last. [Chorus] The lonesome whistle calls, through the fields and the pines, A ghostly melody, that haunts these thoughts of mine. Each mournful wail a reminder of what once was bright, Oh, that lonesome whistle cries for me tonight. [Bridge] Life’s a one-way ticket, heading down a broken track, And that whistle’s lonely song won't ever bring you back. But I'll keep listening, to each and every sigh, And let that lonesome whistle be the tear I never cried.