Standing on the bridge, looking down the line
Hoping that the locomotive would arrive on time
The driver waved at me as he rolled on down the track
I didn't know it then but he was never coming back

Chorus:

In the end I came to know the truth
Through many mornings waiting in the rain
In the last days- last days of the steam train

Like summers in a storybook they never seemed to end
Each chapter new adventures and everyone was friends
The hero in the garden staring at the sky
Wondering how the world had ever got to be so high

Chorus

In the end I came to know the truth
Though on the way it caused a lot of pain
In the last days- last days of the steam train

New and darker times were lying just ahead
Those days of innocence would pretty soon be dead
Everyone got older, some just went away
I learned that you can never trust what people say

Chorus

In the end I came to know the truth
Though still I don't know why things had to change
In the last days- last days of the steam train