Some roads are only seen at night,
ghost roads, nothing but neon signs,
some nights the neon gas gets free
And turns into walking dead like me
I've been making promises
I know I'll never keep
And one of these days
I'm gonna leave you in your sleep
I'll have to go when the whistle blows
The whistle knows my name
Baby I was born on a train
I know that you were never young
I know you probably won't get old
Honey, nobody's gonna hurt
you anymore
Nobody's gonna make you
wanna die again
I've been making promises,
I know I'll never keep
And one of these days
I'm gonna leave you in your sleep
I'll have to go when the whistle blows,
the whistle knows my name
Baby, I was born on a train
I'll go some cold and gray morning
You won't remember anything
Some people don't believe in dying
Some people don't believe in life
I've been making promises,
but I know I'll never make them
One of these days
I'm gonna leave you in your sleep
I'll have to call when the whistle blows,
but the whistle knows my name
Baby, I was born on a train
Ba -ba -dee, ba -ba -ba
Baby, I was born on a train
Ba -ba -dee, ba -ba -ba
Baby, I was born on a train
Ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba -ba