My wife ran off with the butcher again So now I'm sleeping on a train And I'm wearing blue because I'm feeling blue I'm dreaming of a place I cannot explain So let me sleep on my train So the world, so the world goes by If it all were to go, I would not complain But let me sleep on my train So the world, so the world goes by Yeah soon I will wake to another pain So let me sleep on my train So the world, so the world goes by So the world, so the world goes by