“The Rocket” as heard on the Bellows Falls 2002 CD distributed on the digest. 
This is a wonderful and sad song...If anyone can give a suggestion to improve this let me know.
halestorm@adelphia.net
 
<G>Son, can you help me on this <C> platform
<D>I’m not so good at climbing stairs<G>
<G>I brought me a drink and some <C> sandwiches
<D>I wanna sit here and watch the <G>trains.
 
I come down here almost every Sunday
My grandpa kids they used to come too
Now they just leave me at the front gate
I guess that they got better things to do
 
(Chorus)
<G>Number 47 she’s a <C> good one
<D>Number 63 sings like a <G>bird
<G>Number 29 that’s the <C>one they call the Rocket
<D>That’s the saddest train I ever <G>heard
 
Son, I’m a decorated veteran
I fought in what they call the Great War
I used to believe in everything it stood for
I don’t believe in much now anymore
 
Chorus
 
You know Son, you look just like my boy
He stood here almost 40 years today
He looked so good in that brand new soldier’s uniform
That Rocket never brought him back to me
 
Chorus