Silver Jews Traiross across the seas Lyrics

Troubles, no troubles, on the line,
I can't stand to see you,
I can't stand to see you when you're crying at home.
Scotch & penicillin, please try Carlton,
a cold black maple hanger and husbands on the run
I just got back from a dream attack
that took me by surprise
and in there I met a lady, her name was Shady Sides
and she said:
"It's been evening all day long,
it's been evening all day long
and how can something so old be so wrong".
Sin and gravity
drag me down to sleep to dream of trains across the sea,
trains across the sea.
Half hours on earth, what are they worth, I don't know.
In 27 years I've drunk fifty thousand beers
and they just wash against me like the sea into a pier.