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The Story:

I watch her at the train station every morning. She never boards and she never meets anyone. She waits and she watches, staring silently onto the tracks, with haunted eyes.

The lead-off song on the new 'Ride The Train' album.

A semi-finalist in the 2006 UK Songwriting Competition

Haunted Eyes
©Rob Russell Davies 2005

Verse. 1
Haunted eyes
Eight twenty four on platform eight
The train's delayed but that's okay
I don't mind being late
'Cause there you are
Staring down an empty track
I imagine that you're looking back...
To a time, long ago...

CHORUS
Oh Haunted eyes
Focused on another scene
Trapped inside a memory
All alone in a crowd
Haunted eyes
Dreaming of another day
Did you watch the carriage pull away?
Did you wave one last time?
Haunted eyes

Verse. 2
Haunted eyes
Leaning on the station wall
Everyday just like before
And how long can you wait?

CHORUS (repeated)

Middle
Haunted Eyes
As the train pulls in I climb aboard
A window seat just like before
So I can watch you fade away
Haunted eyes
Growing small on platform eight
Will you ever turn and look my way
Could you leave it all behind?
Those haunted eyes

CHORUS (first part instrumental)
All alone in a crowd
Haunted eyes
Dreaming of another day
Did you watch the carriage pull away?
Did you wave one last time?
Haunted eyes

Outro
Haunted eyes (repeated)