2:19 (Waits/Brennan 2001)
I lost everything I had in the ’29 flood The barn was buried ‘neath a mile of mud Now I’m down to nothing but the whistle and the steam My baby leaving on the 2:19 There’s a fellow that’s preaching ‘bout hell and damnation Bouncing off the walls in the Grand Central Station I treated her bad, I treated her mean My baby leaving on the 2:19 I said, hey, hey, I don’t know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do My baby’s leaving on the 2:19 Now I’ve always been puzzled by the yin and the yang Come out in the wash but it always leaves a stain Sturm and the drang, the luster and the sheen My baby leaving on the 2:19 Toss a baby with the water and the preacher stole the bride Sent her out for a bottle but when she came back inside She didn’t have my whiskey, she didn’t have my gin Had her hat full of feathers and a wicked grin Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do My baby’s leaving on the 2:19, hey On the train you get smaller as you get farther away The roar covers everything you wanted to say Was that a raindrop in the corner of your eye? Were you drying your nails or waving goodbye? I said, hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember you My baby leaving on the 2:19 I said, hey, hey, I don’t know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do My baby’s leaving on the 2:19 I said, hey, hey, I don’t know what to do Hey, hey, I will remember you Hey, hey, I don’t know what to do My baby leaving on the 2:19 I said, Hey
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