w&m Anne Hills
© 2014 Raven Heart Music (ASCAP)

From Anne’s album Tracks

when the snow has cloaked the valley, wind is howling at the ground
tumblin’ dreams across the flat land, there’s a train that’s westward bound
westward bound with winter’s hunger, constellations point the way
smoke curls lazy out of chimneys, all the firewood stacked and ready
on this old year’s shortest day

travel safely, watch the bridges
railroad crossings, clear of trouble, straight and true
in my heart I’ll keep the springtime
evergreen, this love for you

racing further into shadows, as the quiet fills the night
way beyond the farthest distance, there’s a train that shines its light
shines its light through bitter darkness, cutting into sleet and drift
someone’s locking up the station, headed home, the blizzards comin’
at the ending of his shift

travel safely, watch the bridges
railroad crossings, clear of trouble, straight and true
in my heart I’ll keep the springtime
evergreen, this love for you

it’s emptiness and longing, it’s the frost against the glass
that can push the traveler onward, and buy that endless railway pass
always moving cross the country, chasing after tender spring
someone’s stoking up the fire, puts some biscuits in the oven
I can almost hear her sing

travel safely, watch the bridges
railroad crossings clear of trouble, straight and true
in my heart I’ll keep the springtime
evergreen, this love for you