Frederic Kwesi Great Agboletey

Train’s Gone

Train's gone and left me

Standing all alone on naked pier

Been there and waiting for that train a long, long time

Now trains just slipped by and gone-

Been waiting for the right train at the wrong stop

Timed it wrong I did to-

There she comes rumbling in her weighty rush

Puffing and raising a cloud of dirt

Spewing forth at her angry edge

Daring anyone to come stand in her way-

Trains gone by real quick

Not once pausing to consider

Man standing all quiet and tensed

Set to spring aboard-

In a wheeze of cold dusty air

Slicing thinly,

It rumbles by

In the aftermath of her passage

Set straight on her path

Not once pausing to consider-

Trains gone and left me

Standing in a cloud of dust

All alone on a cold platform

Been standing there a long time too

Bidding my time and playing it cool-