Jane Siberry
A Train Is Coming (Excerpt)
[Intro]
But as I came around the building, shells and canoes embedded into its side, there appeared to be a ship, floating. Like a grand constellation, articulated, fruit of the concentrated mind, shimmering there behind the traffic. Somebody honked at me. Wha? And so it begins. 

[Verse 1]
(Train is coming) A train is coming
(Train is coming) A train is coming
(Train is coming) A train is coming

[Verse 2]
Oh, to (To) your (Your) town
To our town (To our town)
That's right
To us all
No one shall be left behind (No one shall be left behind)
Not at all
Not the least of sparrows
Don't give up, get ready (Come on)
Prеpare yourselves, gеt ready (Come on)
Here we go, get ready (Come on)

[Verse 3]
Da da da da da, da da da da da da
Da da da da da, da da da da da, da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da, da da da, da da da da da da da
May the first words on our lips in thankfulness be—