Testo Daddy, What's A Train?

Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainWhen my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"When I was just a boy and living by the trackUs kids would gather up the coal in big 'ole gunnysacksThen we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into viewThe engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling throughShe blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our earsAnd we counted cars just as high as we could goI can almost hear the steam those big old drivers screamA sound my little kids will never knowDaddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainWhen my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"I guess the times have changed, kids are different now'Cause some don't even seem to know the milk comes from a cowMy little boy can tell the names of all the baseball starsI remember how I memorized the names on railroad carsThe Wabash and the TP, Lackawanna, the ICThe Nickel-Plate and the good old Santa FeJust names out of the past, I guess they're fading fastEvery time I hear my little boy sayDaddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainWhen my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"We climbed into the car, drove down into townRight out the depot house, but no one was aroundWe searched the yard togheter for something I could showBut I know there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or soAll the things I did when I was just a kidHow far away those memories appearI guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me'Cause my ambition was to be an engineerDaddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainWhen my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"