Anne Hills words & music
©2014 Raven Heart Music (ASCAP)

From Anne’s album Tracks

A Rio Grande car, I’ve been abandoned in a field – memories around me where I rest
I was meant to move but I’m as still a wheel – broken, like a sinner whose confessed
Back, while in my glory,I was christened and new, people came to see me, knew my name
mamas told their babies, yeah, the daddies told their sons, “You know, this world ‘ll never be the same.”

time brings change, yeah, ready or not
the grass grows over and the tracks all rot
field sparrow nests on a crossing sign
mice built a home in the rusty number nine
come and meet me at the station, where the crowds rolled by
and the smoke was like a welcome in the big tent sky

back when Henry Ford was just a twinkle in the eye – of the Mr. and the Mrs. as they kissed
I was chasing buffalo, the future on my back – moving through the gun smoke and the mist
passengers were plenty and the energy, coal – everything so different than today
highway passin’ by me is a trouble and a must – “a necessary evil”, so they say

time brings change, yeah, ready or not
the grass grows over and the tracks all rot
field sparrow nests on a crossing sign
mice built a home in the rusty number nine
come and meet me at the station, where the crowds rolled by
and the smoke was like a welcome in the big tent sky

Now, I can travel cleaner than a airplane or a truck – greener, yeah, and cheaper I should know
I been right here watching as the world spins wild – weather’s putting on a funny show
we never know what happens when we pass on by – when or if we ever do come back
all I know is when it comes to carrying my worth – can do ten times over that’s a fact

time brings change, yeah, believe it or not
stratosphere ‘s thinner but the sun ‘s still hot
sparrow’s nest gone from the crossing sign
temperature is stayin’ at a steady 99
so, come and meet me at the station where the crowds rolled by
and the smoke was like a welcome in the big tent sky

’cause time brings change, yeah, ready or not