LONDON TRAIN

By Meredith Newton

It’s my first time to come visit you

I’m anxious, excited, a little scared too

We’ve waited so long to get to this place

And soon we’ll be there face to face

I look out of the plane window to the ground down below

Knowing I’ll be there soon ringing your door

This past year’s been so rough, now I have you here

We’ll embrace all that we hold so dear

The time is coming soon

We’ll be locking ourselves in your room

You’ll be waiting for me

On that London train

Oh my dear, I’ll be near

This won’t be in vain

You’ll be waiting for me

On that London train

Whatever may be, you’re still with me, still with me

I’ll be on that train

Remember what it was like when we first met

You said I was crazy, and I said you bet

I fell for your beauty, and for your dress

A year or two later we don’t feel less

Now I’m almost to your door

I won’t want to leave you anymore

You’ll be waiting for me

On that London train

Oh my dear, I’ll be near

This won’t be in vain

You’ll be waiting for me

On that London train

Whatever may be, you’re still with me, still with me

I’ll be on that train

The time is near for us to be alone

Remember the last time we talked on the phone

You said you loved me and wanted me there

We’ll be together no matter who cares

We’re different, so they all say

We wouldn’t change it anyway

You’ll be waiting for me

On that London train

Oh my dear, I’ll be near

This won’t be in vain

You’ll be waiting for me

On that London train

Whatever may be, you’re still with me, still with me

I’ll be on that train

HOLDING HANDS ALONE

By Meredith Newton

It was Christmas Eve

I was all alone, a bottle of gin as my friend

I thought of the life I’d lost

And the one I’d found

I’m not welcome in the first because of the other

Just looking for a home

My best friend turned her back on me

She said God didn’t make me this way

She said I can be cured

She said don’t see her

She used to be a source of strength, but not anymore

The only friends who understand me

Live so far away

And I can’t even call them on the phone

No money, no job, no way to get by

Can’t even dress to go to the corner store

Brandi Rose is a good friend of mine

She was hurt by someone she once thought she loved

She’s doing fine now with some way to go

They think her ex is a hero

For defending George Bush’s lies

Brandi is just like me

Since when did Heaven ever want us

We’re holding hands alone

I don’t want to wear these clothes anymore

How much longer until I change this body I’m in

I’m sorry if I hurt anyone

I wasn’t trying to lie to you

But would you ever understand

Would this make sense to you

Since when did Heaven ever want us

We’re holding hands alone

I don’t want to wear these clothes anymore

How much longer until I change this body I’m in