Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone
Composer(s): Henry Nemo - Brooks - Kay Starr
Performer(s): Kay Starr



Now here's a little ditty about a depot disaster
We have a distressed damsel and the doggonest dilemma!

A-tell me how long the train's been gone
A-tell me how long the train's been gone
A-tell me how long the train's been gone
The people keep a-comin' but the train's done gone!

Ever'one knows the train don't wait
Ever'one knows the train don't wait
It's your own fault if the show up late
The people keep a-comin' but the train don't wait!

Now the sun drops in the west
Up pops the same old moon
Same as the train to explain
There'll be another choo-choo soon!

A-tell me how long the train's been gone
A-tell me how long the train's been gone
A-tell me how long the train's been gone
The people keep a-comin' but the train's done gone!

People comin'
See I'm a-runnin'!
See I'm a-runnin', a-shovin', a-breakin' down the gate!
See I'm pushin'
They're shovin'
Well the people keep a-comin' but the train's done gone!

Yes, the people keep comin', the train's got out
That's what everybody's talkin' about!
You better get to movin', can't be late
Because the man that takes the tickets gonna close the gate!

A-tell me how long the train's been gone
A-tell me how long the train's been gone
A-tell me how long the train's been gone
The people keep a-comin' but the train's done gone!

The sun comes up, out from the west
Up pops the same old moon
Same as the train to explain
There'll be another choo-choo soon!

Tell me how long the train's been gone
Hhow long has the train been gone?
Tell me how long the train's been gone
The people keep a-comin' but the train's done gone!
People keep a-comin'
Yes the people keep a-comin'
But the train done gone!