What’s the name of the town where the train stopped last night? What do they call it do they call it Denver Or maybe it was Salt Lake or Omaha I ain’t never seen a town like the one I saw This town’s got a house and a gla** for something sweeter In each room pianos stood tall and man sat upon them And all those men cried out you gotta open all the doors we wanna let all the people hear Pretty soon you’ll join in on Hark the Herald Angels Sing! What’s the name of the town where the train stopped last night? What do they call it do they call it Chicago Or maybe it was Madison or St. Paul I ain’t never seen a town like the one I saw In this place there’s a road you know it’s going right down the middle And on one side there’s this castle and on the other a wood
And all the ladies and the children are working so hard scrubbing down those walls While the leaves they grow and change colors, too and eventually fall What’s the name of the town where the train stopped last night? What do they call it do they call it New Orleans Or maybe it was Little Rock or Columbia I ain’t never seen a town like the one I saw So I woke up this morning and I called my friend I said hey I don’t think I can meet today She said that’s alright it’s cool I understand what you smell something coming in on the wind or something I said I had this most exotic stop on the Z Line last night Everyone I knew and you were there, too and she said Yeah you were looking real good