It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

from As I Am by Mya Byrne

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Written by Bob Dylan (Special Rider Music, SESAC)
Used with permission, and with many thanks!!

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Well, I ride a mail train
 Can’t buy a thrill 
I’ve been up all night 
Leanin on the windowsill 
And if I die on top of the hill… 
if I don’t make it , you know my baby will

Don’t the moon look good 
Shinin through the trees? 
Don’t the brakeman look good
 Flagging down the Double E? 
Don’t the sun look good 
Goin down over the sea?
 Don’t my gal look fine 
When she’s comin after me?

Now the wintertime is coming 
The windows are filled with frost
 I went to tell everybody 
But I could not get across 
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
 I don’t wanna be your boss
 Don’t say I never warned you 
When your train gets lost
 Don’t say I never warned you 
When your train gets lost....

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from As I Am, released January 23, 2015
Chris Kelly - bass
Andy Mac- drums
Kenny White - organ and piano
Mya Byrne - acoustic, electric and steel guitar

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