When jenny was a little girl she only dreamed of trains
she never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
jenny counted boxcars instead of countin' sheep
she could go anywhere when she went to sleep
All she ever talked about was gettin' on to ride
she was livin' in another time you could see it in her eyes
everyday after school she'd head down to the tracks
waitin' for the train that was never comin' back
Chorus:
jenny dreamed of trains
when the nighttime came
nobody knew how she made it come true
jenny dreamed of trains
The depot's been boarded up, the rails have turned to rush
there hasn't been a train through here since the mill went bust
no one believed her when she said she heard the train
said she was just a little girl actin' kinda strange
Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
in god we trust she walked away
the very next mornin' all that she could find
was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
Nobody knew how she made it come true
jenny dreamed of trains