Jenny Dreamed Of Trains - Vince Gill

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 counting sheep

She could go anywhere when she went to sleep

All she ever talked about was getting on to ride

She was living in another time you could see it in her eyes

And every day after school she’d head down to the track

Waiting for the train that was never coming back

Jenny dreamed of trains

When the nighttime came

Nobody knew how she made it come true

Jenny dreamed of trains

The depot’s been boarded up, the rails have turned to rust

There hasn’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 acting kind of strange

Jenny dreamed of trains

When the nighttime came

Nobody knew how she made it come true

Jenny dreamed of trains

Jenny laid a penny on the track one day

In God we trust she walked away

The very next morning all she could find

Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime

Jenny dreamed of trains

When the nighttime came

Nobody knew how she made it come true

Jenny dreamed of trains

Nobody knew how she made it come true

Jenny dreamed of trains

Words and Music by Vince Gill and Guy Clark