Jenny Dreamed Of Trains

Words & Music by Vince Gill & Guy Clark
Sung By John Denver
on All Aboard! (1997)


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When Jenny was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains
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She never play with dolls or lacy kinds of things
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Jenny counted boxcars instead of counting sheep
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She could go anywhere when she went to sleep

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All she ever talked about was getting on the ride
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She was living in another time you could see it in her eyes
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And every day after school she'd head down to the track
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Waiting for the train that was never coming back

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Jenny dreamed of trains
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When the nighttime came
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Nobody knew how she made it come true
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Jenny dreamed of trains

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The depot's been boarded up, the trains have turned to rust
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There hasn't been a train through here since the mill went bust
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No one believe her when she said she heard the train
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Said she was just a little girl acting kind of strange

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Jenny dreamed of trains
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When the nighttime came
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Nobody knew how she made it come true
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Jenny Dreamed of trains

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Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
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in God we trust she walked away
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The very next morning all she could find
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Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime

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Jenny dreamed of trains
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When the nighttime came
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Nobody knew how she made it come true
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Jenny Dreamed of trains
         A           Bm  A         E/G#  G
Nobody knew how she made it come true
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Jenny Dreamed of trains