Don't You Want To Live in a Model Railroad Town?

There are lots of railroad songs. But I wasn't aware of any about model railroads--until now.

My local radio station played Model Railroad Town by Allison Brown this morning. The lyrics go like this:

Don’t you want to live in a model railroad town? 

Waving at the train as it circles around 

Time has stopped on the hands of the station clock 

And the only thing that’s moving is the train 

Somebody brought it home from the church rummage sale 

Took it down the basement connected all the rails 

Painted white clouds on a bright blue sky 

And the sun shines like a 60 watt light 

From the old stone church to the library 

From the lumberyard to the candy store 

The world is as big as the ping-pong table 

And the train only ever takes me back to my own front door 

From the old stone church to the library 

From the lumberyard to the candy store 

The world is as big as the ping-pong table 

And the train only ever takes me back to my own front door 

Don’t you want to live in a model railroad town? 

Waving at the train as it circles around 

Time has stopped on the hands of the station clock 

And the only thing that’s moving is the train 

The only thing that’s moving is the train

Listen to Brown sing the song here.

Brown is a singer/songwriter from London, Ontario. 

As for the question posed by the song, yes, there are times when I would like to live in a model railroad town, a town where there is no crime, no poverty, no politics--and the trains run all the time.

And maybe you do, too.