Paul Simon - Train In The Distance Lyrics

Such a great song this, Paul Simon is a genius

Come on ....how good is this ?

Bellissima canzone

Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Richard Tee,Michael Brecker and Carlos Vega in my heart !!! Thiago from Brazil !!!

One of my absolute favorites. I've been searching for this treasure for years. Great tune- I love the subdued yet sublime singing, Mr. Simon. Thank you.

"From time to time he makes her laugh. She cooks a meal or two...."
Dinner and then breakfast. Some elusive,undeniable attraction but they just can't live together day to day.
This is a great song about the mystery and frustration of a "relationship".

Paul's "breaking up with Carrie Fisher" album.

Jeff Porcaro in my heart Thiago from Brazil !!!

Wonderful song.

Poet and we all know love and treasure his music

Il mio filosofo 🤗

Paul Simon, a master songwriter.....

Indelibly woven into our hearts and our brains..

Who says what we all should Paul does

Is this Duple or Quadruple meter? Sounds like Duple to me..

so elegant

the thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains

Who writes poetry better ?

"Negotiations and love songs are often mistaken for one and the same...."

Slip some headsets on, close you eyes and take in the real music of a great performer. the junk that’s called “music” today is garbage compared to this era!

great song, great story, unfortunately it was his own marriage

Great songwriter but I can't stand something about how sloppy Paul Simon talks and sings.

It's totally his style. His lyrics are truly incomparable! Nobody writes like he does...

Thanks for the reply, Joanne!

He is a gifted poet his singing spot on sorry you hear different

Sorry Mike. He enunciates and phrases his songs very very well. Who do YOU LIKE then as opposed to Paul Simon?

An American genius.

0.75 speed!

+Zoolbar's M S C -- Thanks for the suggestion. It's amazing how Paul's voice stays in pitch even slowed down.

34 people who dont know their arse from their elbow.

the thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains....

This song is simply part of my DNA. Thanks, Paul.

😊yes Roderick! I feel the same,througout 25 years,Paul songs can manage my molecules,deeply heal my cells...this song,ah...no more words

Nice to know others share my admiration.......

The closest thing Paul's written since he went solo that sounds like it could have been a Simon & Garfunkle song. This is the Paul Simon that I like best. He's written many wonderful songs but this has that "Bridge Over Troubled Water" era magic in it.

John Mayer tweets brought me here

Is very great paul simon and yours music

My wake up music

Great song

The massster of the atmossssphere

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.

Paul Simon makes absolutely PERFECT music, I'm just in awe of him tbh lol

This song is just so great, I love you Paul <3

Rob, this one's for you....

The thought that life could be better - indeed, when the petty competitions and squabbles have faded and we get to the real stuff - how rarely that happens eh?

someone have the full lyrics, or a link?

She was beautiful as Southern skies
The night he met her
She was married to someone
He was doggedly determined that he would get her
He was old, he was young
From time to time he'd tip his heart
But each time she withdrew
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks it's true
Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
Sure enough they have a son
And though they both were occupied
With the child she carried
Disagreements had begun
And in a while they fell apart
It wasn't hard to do
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks it's true
Two disappointed believers
Two people playing the game
Negotiations and love songs
Are often mistaken for one and the same
Now the man and the woman
Remain in contact
Let us say it's for the child
With disagreements about the meaning
Of a marriage contract
Conversations hard and wild
But from time to time
He makes her laugh
She cooks a meal or two
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks it's true
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks it's true
What is the point of this story
What information pertains
The thought that life could be better
Is woven indelibly
Into our hearts
And our brains

Thank you!

No problem!

My dad loves this song!

Your dad has great taste in music he knows a thing or two

Pall its poets show!

bring back my college years ... great song

Maybe the greatest song ever written.

Yes. I agree. It reminds me of my youth. I probably heard it on a trip to the countryside. For me, it is an anthem of love, sunny days, forgiveness, and growing up.

Good song, but greatest? Seriously? Moron.

music is written on our souls

Paul Simon is one of the greatest

From time to time, he'd tip his heart, but each time she withdrew...

God, I forgot how great is Paul Simon.!!

never forget!

This is my favourite Paul Simon song of all time! <3

Still is, always will be :')

@Izzy Mclean _Hearts and Bones_ didn't sell very well, but sales usually have little to do with artistic quality. Paul's one of the greats - AND he's married to Edie Brickel. Now, how awesome is that!

Great song. A metaphor for hopes and dreams.

we have

Is this one about Paul and Peggy? Have often wondered!

Yes it is

I was breast fed on this song. 30 years later it just gets better and better.

The breastfeeding or the song?

Well the song sort of lost it's appeal after a while....

that's so weird

@weston407 Hahaha.

sounds like it could be a great late 70's tune.

Boy from Newark made out pretty good..........rare talent.

Queens. He grew up in Queens

Glad I turned the radio on and heard this.

Not only a great song, but I love the accompaniment, especially the late Richard Tee's trademark Rhodes piano.

dude he passed away in 1993, Pancreatic Cancer, he left behind a legacy of work though, if it was 70s/80s there is a 90 per cent chance Tee played piano/rhodes on it

My 74 Rhodes is one of my prize possessions. Wish I could play it like this.

@Michael Gorman Eric's gone too died around the same time

Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist  Thanks for letting me know, too sad for words, he was a great guitar player

At 2:48 on 4-9-2019 I shed a tear for Eric Gale and Richard Tee. RIP

This is simply a remarkably beautiful song. The "story" is pure Simon, a genius we grew up with.

Patrick Sean Lee train 🚂 in a distance is an awesome song I have 💕 all of his music since I was a child 🦋to me a great singer a great entertainer

Probably my favourite PS song. Haunting, beautifully arranged and takes me back to 1983

+Mark De Cosemo my fave too

Led to the name of a wonderful compilation.. Negotiations and Love Songs...

This song is one main reason I'm still a bachelor.  It's a matter of choice.

Keep the headache's in the baggage car.....

+canis majoris lol lol lol great analogy.. I was a Baggageman lol

We all carry loads of baggage Rodger, at least you received tips.........LMAO LMAO

Happy new year R.Diotte...................

+MikeR -- I came to a complete stop when I got to your comment. So I took a closer look at the lyrics.
"The thought that life could be better • Is woven indelibly • Into our hearts • And our brains."
Thank you, Mike.

Jeff has always been my favorite drummer. He really knew how to add to a song musically without overplaying. That's why he played on over 1000 studio recordings.

I love this mess. It's gorgeous

I love this song just master piece

Oh yes please, I like this song...!

"What is the point of this story? What information pertains? The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains" What lyrics, what vision - Paul Simon - say no more!!

I could have never gotten through adolescence without this music. I played this cassette thousands of times.

My new favorite song

Everyone loves the sound of Paul Simon in the distance.

please do not forget the late richard tee on fender rhodes paino and back ground vocals

A GREAT song!

U R so right. A GREAT album. And this is a haunting song - my favorite of his at least while I am listening to it.

Jeff Porcaro uma lenda dos studios a industria da musica ainda sente a sua falta !Thiago lima -Paulo Afonso-Bahia-Brasil

My favourite song from him! Fantastic.

One of the greatest albums nobody has ever heard... freaking BRILLIANT Paul Simon album... even he was down on it, and that's just WRONG. This 1983 recording was pure genius.

It is his best. Very sad that it wasn't more popular!

He was an amazing drummer,

This song actually also makes me think of my beautiful black lab girl that we lost earlier this yeas. One would think it would make me think of lost loves that were human, but no, I get teared up thinking of my Labrador that I miss so much. Damn you Paul Simon for being such a poignant and brilliant writer.

Thanks Grenda, Jeff is my fav drummer for sure and always love listening to his grooves and try to disect them. Take care.

Hearts and Bones...me thinks a very under-rated album.

Extremely underrated, the album is gorgeous.

Wonderful song. So sad, haunting and true.

Love this song but I prefer the version from the Central Park concert with Bakithi Kumalo accompaning on guitar. It makes it sound more bluesy. Paul is such an incredible songwriter.

Paul Simon Prove again to be one of the Most versatile Musicians in THE WORLD! Thanks for posting.

The drums add a real presence to the music, setting up each part with nice little tension and a relentless feel. The mighty Jeff Porcaro everyone. The whole feel he sets up is hypnotic almost. Beautiful song. Got to love that late 70's moog keyboard sound too. Takes you back for sure.

What a magnificent song!

Simple Simon Jewis Rhyman touches noives I ony wich I could
But dat backup, Makin Me crackup
so ontime and in the groove GOOD
Hearts an Bones breakin like love is makin and not iz a killin thing yeah
still a cooked meal and a friendly ex squeAl makes a train in the distance so REAL...SPENT 7 YEARS IN eUROPE HEARIN THAT SAME SOUND THROUGH THE sTADTWALD. oH YEAH, i HOID IT.

@firestartertwistedfi hurricane, maggies farm, home sick blues, . . . . . . for ever young. . .

Paul Simon is a Genius. Straight up. A special talent for lyrics. Thanx for all the postings.

WOnderful song

Please notice the ones who love watching trains close from them ^^

My favorite Paul Simon song.

Thank you for posting this. . .

simply one of the best

This is the 2nd best 'end of love' song for me...right behind "For No One" by the Beatles.

Oos is the whistle of the train

I heard a tiny bit of this on the radio--yes, the radio :-) --and it was killing me to know the name of the song so I could hear it in full. Now I've found it and boy am I happy. It's quickly become one of my favourite Paul Simon songs.

Genius!

This is a great song.... woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains....
Thanks for posting this!

i listen to this song every morning :)

Its great, belching carbonate.

@staaleandor You got it 100%. This is one of my favorite Paul Simon's songs, and I like almost all of them...

One of his best songs... the images are so strong and in a couple of minutes he captures life itself. Funny that the whole album Hearts and Bones is considered a "flop" (even by Simon, he gives me that impression) while I think it may be his best. Graceland is more pleasant to listen to (and is a milestone) but the messages on Hearts and Bones are so strong and get straight to your heart.

Though his body of work is so full of great songs as to resist any attempt to select a "best", this song note for note, line for line, is for me as perfect a song as Paul Simon ever wrote. The sentiment, the image is such a heartbreaking metaphor for human longing itself, which he tosses off in an almost casual fashion, his musical understatement making the lyric even more powerful. Doesn't get any better than this. Probably listened to it a thousand times. Think I will again now.

Thank you for posting this.

For sentimental reasons, this is my favorite Paul Simon song. . .

Pure Class...thanks for posting it