Another Town, another Train

One of ABBA's great hits from the 1970ties

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This slightly melancholic and sentimental song from 1973 is on of ABBA's early performances. It has the well-known ABBA-sound and a fine, very young text, which is a romantic tribute to the backpacker's free life without obligations. Backbackers, train enthusiasts and romantics must love it!


Day is dawning and I must go
You're asleep but still I'm sure you'll know
Why it had to end this way
You and I had a groovy time
But I told you somewhere down the line
You would have to find me gone
I just have to move along

Just another town, another train
Waiting in the morning rain
Look in my restless soul, a little patience
Just another town, another train
Nothing lost and nothing gained
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations

When you wake I know you'll cry
And the words I wrote to say goodbye
They won't comfort you at all
But in time you will understand
That the dreams we dreamed were made of sand
For a no-good bum like me
To live is to be free

Just another town, another train
Waiting in the morning rain
Look in my restless soul, a little patience
Just another town, another train
Nothing lost and nothing gained
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations
Guess I will spend my life in railway stations

From Jaipur railway station, India, 2013. Foto: Erik Pontoppidan



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