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 countin` sheep
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep
All she ever talked about was gettin` on to ride
She was livin` in another time you could see it in her eyes
Everyday after school she`d head down to the tracks
Waitin` for the train that was never comin` back
Chorus:
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 rush
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 actin` kinda strange
Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
In God we trust she walked away
The very next mornin` all that she could find
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains