John Denver — Jenny Dreamed of Trains lyrics

Lyrics

When jenny was a little girl she only dreamed of trains
She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
Jenny counted boxcars instead of countinЂ™ sheep
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep
All she ever talked about was gettinЂ™ on to ride
She was livinЂ™ in another time you could see it in her eyes
Everyday after school sheЂ™d head down to the tracks
WaitinЂ™ for the train that was never cominЂ™ back
Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
The depotЂ™s been boarded upthe rails have turned to rush
There hasnЂ™t been a train through here since the mill went bust
No one believed her when she said she heard the train
Said she was just a little girl actinЂ™ kinda strange
Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
In God we trust she walked away
The very next morninЂ™ all that she could find
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains