The Getaway - Ray Davies

Every time I hear that lonesome train roll down the track

Going away to unknown destinations

I believe there’s someone out there making the great escape

Travelling light, into the night, when so unexpectedly

It might hit you on a sunny afternoon

Without a warning there’s a thought, it just comes over you

And it’s a shadow on the sidewalk, someone like you

In a blink of an eye, waving goodbye

It’s time you made your getaway

In a suburb somewhere someone’s quietly planning their getaway

Traveling light, in case they might get a change of heart

It’s the bravest move they’ll ever make, but they have to make the break

That’s the risk that they take, so don’t hesitate, 'cos so unexpectedly

It might hit you on a sunny afternoon

Without a warning there’s a thought, it just comes over you

And it’s a shadow on the sidewalk, someone like you

It’s time you made your getaway

It might hit you on a sunny afternoon

Without a warning there’s a thought, it just comes over you

And it’s a shadow on the sidewalk, someone like you

It’s time you made your getaway

Oooh

Down

Take it down

Take it down

Go make that getaway

Get out the door before it’s too late

Or get that lonesome train

That lonesome train

That lonesome train

That lonesome train