Lyrics to
Train Kept A Rollin

This version of Train Kept A Rollin was released by Aerosmith in 1974.

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Well, on a train, I met a dame,
She rather handsome, we kind looked the same
She was pretty, from New York City
I’m walkin’ down that old fair lane,
I’m in heat, I’m in love,
But I just couldn’t tell her so
I said, train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
With a “heave!”, and a “ho!”
But I just couldn’t tell her so, no, no, no
Well, get along, sweet little woman get along
On your way, get along, sweet little woman get along
On your way,
I’m in heat, I’m in love,
But I just couldn’t tell her so, no, no, no
Well, on a train, I met a dame,
She rather handsome, we kind looked the same
She was pretty, from New York City
I’m walkin’ down that old fair lane,
I’m in heat, I’m in love,
But I just couldn’t tell her so
I said, train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
With a “heave!”, and a “ho!”
But I just couldn’t tell her so, no, no, no
Well, get along, sweet little woman get along
On your way, get along, sweet little woman get along
On your way,
I’m in heat, I’m in love,
But I just couldn’t tell her
Well, we made a stop in Albequerque
She must’a thought I was a real cool jerk
Got off the train, and put her hands up
Lookin’ so good I couldn’t let her go
But I just couldn’t tell her so
I said, train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
Train kept a-rollin’ all night long
I’m in heat, I’m in love,
But I just couldn’t tell her

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Train Kept A Rollin, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Aerosmith. Some of the lyrics to Train Kept A Rollin have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Aerosmith and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Train Kept A Rollin if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Train Kept A Rollin" means the words set to the music of Train Kept A Rollin, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Aerosmith. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Train Kept A Rollin and the lyrics to Train Kept A Rollin are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Aerosmith who came here looking just for the lyrics to Train Kept A Rollin, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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