Long Train Running
Posted on April 12th, 2015
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge
Down around the corner
I saw a long train running
I watched them disappear
Just like Miss Lucy disappeared
From my life forever
I lost my Lucy and her love
Like the fast moving train
She departed forever
Now I am living without her love
I wonder where she is now
Is she thinking about me?
Has she found love and happiness?
Or else she misses me
I don’t know
The Illinois Central is empty
Like my empty aching heart
I am still looking for Miss Lucy
Who was a part of my life
I see the long train running
Its wheels go ’round and ’round
Like the train’s wheels
My thoughts too go ’round and ’round
I am Thinking about Miss Lucy
Day and night
Living without her love
Truly it is a heartbreaking
Where would Lucy be now?
If she stayed with me
Like the long train running
She fastly moved from my life
Leaving emptiness in my heart
(Adopted from Long Train Runnin’ by Doobie Brothers)
April 12th, 2015 at 11:54 pm
Very interesting poem, Dr. Jayatunge! You know, according to the song, Ms. Lucy ‘Lost her home and her family, and she won’t be coming back’. Maybe she ‘Won’t be coming back’ because she had a nervous breakdown and lost herself within her mind!
In that case, all she needs is an understanding Psychiatrist to bring her ‘Back up the tracks’ ;)!!
Thank you for your interesting and thought provoking articles. Also thank you for your service to our country, and to the warriors who need healing.
April 13th, 2015 at 10:10 am
Thanks Asanga I appreciate your words
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge