I came back to my hometown incognito To forget about it all Suddenly, I heard "hey there papito-pito-pito You don't ever give a call' whapba bup bup ba (X 4) remember we used to skip school together said to me drunk girl, police man Now, where have you been all my life I've been skipping school since then, yeah (chorus) I've been watching trains swiftly rolling by I've been jumping them without long goodbyes to uncover rules of life and how to break them well and the key to my gypsy auto pilot and my story to tell, hey! whapba bup bup ba (X 4) so we ran to outskirts of our town to the working man dance hall whoa-o whoa-o nonsense all night long whoa-o whoa-o still writing their first song (chorus) and we laugh, and we cry and we recited sacred text and we rose and we fell and then we said, ok what's next? but, if you keep on watching trains swiftly, rolling by one day you will be gone without long goodbyes to uncover rules of life and how to break them well and the key to your gonzo turbo gypsy auto pilot and your story to tell story to tell