Ellis Paul Trolley Car Lyrics

Trolley Car Lyrics

It`s a snowy night, the cops shut down the freeway 
big men in plows are out carving up the streets 
Below them, jammed on a subway, 
I`m with two hundred over-dressed strangers 
brushing snow off coats and shoulders 
kicking snow off dress shoe feet 

chorus:
You live six miles down this trolley car`s trail 
up above the red line, where the street musicians wail 
Where Baby, we used to chase down coffee 
on the sidewalk take in tunes 
We`d drink in the waning hours 
till we polished off the moon 
Who knew the moon would fail 
above the trolley car trail 

"Park Street, next station"
says a voice with an accent I`ve heard 
and I see shoppers on the platform 
where green and red lines diverge 
I fight my way through the packages and the bows 
to a pay phone, the operator knows 
she says to me, "Your nervousness shows"
I say, "`Nervous` is too kind a word" 

bridge:
I think snowfall should be measured 
By how much it takes a city by surprise 
By how far back old timers go to remember 
the last time a blizzard stung their eyes 
Last time I rode a subway 
you had summer in your eyes 
you did 

Your phone rings, but it only brings your voice 
on a message machine, "I`m not here, the tape is clear"
me, I`m off the hook it seems 
"I called," I say, "to say `hello`
to coax you out where the snowmen grow 
but you`re not home, and hey, I gotta go,
it was good to hear your voice."