Carrie Newcomer When It's Gone It's Gone lyrics

The New York Central Railroad
Was something in her day
A million tons of coal and steel
Must have passed this way

The ghost of some old engineer
Walks this earth and you might hear
While looking down on all those lights
Could I see your ticket please?

When it's gone, it's gone
But the echoes just go on and on
And on and on

We send it out like our breath
And somebody takes it in
Somebody takes it in someone

In the age of possibility cheap gas
John Glenn and tube TV
When Martin walked many miles
To stand beside Gandhi

But faith was stoned with cans and rocks
And the neighbor kid came home in a box
Now we don't believe so much of everything we hear

When it's gone, it's gone
But the echoes just go on and on
And on and on

We send it out like our breath
And somebody takes it in
Somebody takes it in someone


Tomorrow's just to far to see
To far to know to love or grieve
Every action is received

Like a legacy, it is our legacy
Route 26 was open fields and I remember when
Now every town I pass on through
Has the same outer skin

How could he sell his father's bones
All the others did but he just won't
He says, "When I'm dead, you can take it all
But for now just let them graze"

When it's gone, it's gone
But the echoes just go on and on
And on and on

We send it out like our breath
And somebody takes it in
Somebody takes it in someone

When it's gone, it's gone
But the echoes just go on and on
And on and on

We send it out like our breath
And somebody takes it in
Somebody takes it in someone