Son can you help me on this platform

I'm not so good at climbing stairs

Brought me a drink and some sandwiches

I want to just sit and watch the trains

Come down here almost every Sunday

My grandkids used to come too

Now they drop me off at the front gate

I guess they got better things to do

Number 47 she's a good one

Number 63 sings like a bird

Number 29 that's the one they call The Rocket

That's the saddest train I ever heard

Son I'm decorated veteran

I fought in what they called the Great War

I used to believe in everything it stood for

I don't believe in much anymore

Number 47 she's a good one

Number 63 sings like a bird

Number 29 that's the one they call The Rocket

That's the saddest train I ever heard

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 again

Number 47 she's a good one

Number 63 sings like a bird

Number 29 that's the one they call The Rocket

That's the saddest train I ever heard

Number 29 that's the one they call The Rocket

That's the saddest train I ever heard