Well once I knew a railway girl, her age was 17
I gave her all I had to give, but the baggage of my dreams
Stole me from the games we played, scorned me for my mask
And if she's gone she lingers on, I beg you please don't ask
'Twas on a dark March evening, south bound I did ride
My head was out the window when I found her at my side
Asked where I was goin' to, I told but where I came
For the jails in which I've done my time I fail hard to regain
Dark girl, dark girl it kills me so to watch you so afraid
You know that you've been real to those and realness should be paid
Her eyes gone wide, alive she cried. Does pleasure ever last?
We live to see, but patiently, I beg you please don't ask