Stop This Train
by John MayerTranspose
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Intro
Verse 1
No, I'm not color blind
I know the world is black and wh
it
e
I try to keep an open mind
But, I just can't sleep on this
to
nigh
t
Chorus
Stop this train
I want to get off and go h
ome again
I can't take the speed it's m
oving in
I know I can't
But ho
nestly,
won'
t someone
stop this tra
in
?
Verse 2
Don't know how else to say it
I don't want to see my parents g
o
One generation's length away
From fighting life out on my
ow
n
Chorus
Stop this train
I want to get off and go
home again
I can't take the speed it's m
oving in
I know I can't
But
honest
ly, w
on't someo
ne stop this
tr
ain?
[Piano interlude]
Verse 3
So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being y
ou
ng
So I play the numbers game
To find a way to say that life has just
be
gun
Bridge 1
Had a talk with my old man
Said, "Help me understand"
He said, "Turn sixty-eight,
you'll renegotiate"
Chorus
"Don't
stop this train
Don't, for a minute, change the
place you're in
And don't think I couldn't ever
understand
I tried my hand
John,
honest
ly, w
e'll neve
r stop this
tr
ain"
Bridge 2
Once in a w
hile, when it's g
ood
It'll f
eel like it s
hould
When they're
all still ar
ound
And you're st
ill safe and so
und
And you do
n't miss a th
ing
'Til y
ou cry when you're d
riving a
way in the
dark
Chorus
Singing,
"Stop this train
I want to get off and go h
ome again
I can't take the speed it's mo
ving in
I know I can't
'Cause, n
ow, I
see, I'll
never s
top this t
ra
in"
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