I watch the silt of my desire Settle to an unquiet fire While my loaded feet watch the ways go by They will not roam on a train to Rome In the dark my mind unties With swollen thoughts of brown wide eyes Amid the rush, possibilities arise Glimpsed, then gone, on a train to Rome A train to Rome; on a train to Rome Glimpsed, then gone, on a train to Rome From Leipzig to Milan I leaned on you; you held my hand But ours like all the journeys they will end You continue on alone for a train to Rome I'll need to get on to Amsterdam To catch a plane; to keep a plan But with a homeless heart held in my hand All my home is on a train to Rome A train to Rome; on a train to Rome All my home is on a train to Rome From unparted lips a quiet moan An aching gut and empty bones For the skin I'll never touch alone Torn from my own on a train to Rome A train to Rome; on a train to Rome Torn from my own for a train to Rome I watch the silt of my desire Settle to an unquiet fire While my loaded feet watch the ways go by They will not roam on a train to Rome