Do you always like it better when you are walkingnaway?nSo no one can stay close to you and no one knows yournnamenWell the trees are growing slowly lovenAnd the night is coming fastnSo let’s hide out in our rooms tonightnAnd dream of the day that pastnnBut it’s quiet when you’re gonenYou’ve been traveling for daysnNow it’s quiet when you’re gonenLike a movin’ movin’ trainnnDoes the preacher know where we all gonwhen it is time to die?nOr is he singing us to sleep just so we’ll shut ourneyes?nnSo Sheila’s on the telephone, says she can’t see menagainnNo it ain’t me, no it ain’t hernIt’s just her new boyfriendnHe says it’s dangerous to talk to those who you onlynadmirenAnd every boy’s perfect for hernBecause every boy is a liarnnBut it’s quiet when you’re gonenYou’ve been traveling for daysnNow it’s quiet when you’re gonenOn a movin’ movin’ trainnnAnd I don’t see what the big deal isnI mean really, I’m just finenSee, I fake a smile everyday from nine to fivenAnd you want love before it happensnWhen it’s gone you want it to staynBut forget those things that you hadnCause we all just took them away, again