25 Stations

[Verse 1]
Wake me at my station, stranger
It's near the end of the line
The foothills of the mountains
It's a one hour fifteen minutes ride
If the train's on time
It never runs on time

[Verse 2]
Sitting next to Ken the Sergeant major
Well, he's my kind of guy (G'day, kid)
Teaches me all about stranger danger
Well, just to pass the time as the wheels go round
As the wheels go round

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Oh oh, the ticket inspectors
They get inside the train
Their blue suits, and golden buttons
Resplendent just the same

[Chorus]
This train's stopping all stations
I get off near the end of the line
This train stops twenty-five stations
Every station 'cept for mine
Take me to my destination (Home)

[Verse 3]
This woman larger than life and laughing in a purple canvas overcoat
She sits next to a slick young man
He dresses how he votes

[Verse 4]
There's a lot of her but there's not much of him
Inside her fairy tale
He just deals with facts and numbers
He's not too good in the detail

[Chorus]
This train's stopping all stations
I get off near the end of the line
This train stops twenty-five stations
Every station 'cept for mine
Take me to my destination (Home)

[Verse 5]
Everyone's treated with suspicion
No one takes their gaze off the ground
There's no talk, nothing amusing
Just this littlest hobo sound
As the wheels go round
Yeah they go round

[Verse 6]
We live a half lives half asleep
We surf the motion ride alone
So wake me at my destination
Wake me when I'm almost home

[Pre-Chorus 2]
We fly past the billboards with their
Selling cable radio TV

[Chorus]
This train's stopping all stations
I get off near the end of the line
This train stops twenty-five stations
Every station 'cept for mine
Take me to my destination
Take me to my destination
Take me to my destination

[Outro]
I'm waiting for my train
Waiting for my train