Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone-Kay Starr

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone - Kay Starr Written by：Jack Yellen/Milton Ager Now here's a little ditty about a depot disaster We have a distressed damsel and the doggonest dilemma A tell me how long the train's been gone A tell me how long the train's been gone A tell me how long the train's been gone The people keep a coming but the train's done gone Everyone knows the train don't wait Everyone knows the train don't wait It's your own fault if the show up late The people keep a coming but the train don't wait Now the sun drops in the west Up pops the same old moon Same as the train to explain There'll be another choo choo soon A tell me how long the train's been gone A tell me how long the train's been gone A tell me how long the train's been gone The people keep a coming but the train's done gone People coming See I'm a running See I'm a running a shoving a breaking down the gate See I'm pushing They're shoving Well the people keep a coming but the train's done gone Yes the people keep coming the train's got out That's what everybody's talking about You better get to moving can't be late Because the man that takes the tickets gonna close the gate A tell me how long the train's been gone A tell me how long the train's been gone A tell me how long the train's been gone The people keep a coming but the train's done gone The sun comes up out from the west Up pops the same old moon Same as the train to explain There'll be another choo choo soon Tell me how long the train's been gone Ah how long has the train been gone Tell me how long the train's been gone The people keep a coming but the train's done gone People keep a coming Yes the people keep a coming But the train done gone