Wrote It Down And Burned It Lyrics

There's a dead girl's body 
By the railroad track 
She's waiting for a train 
Jimmy left town like a fade to black 
In his Camero in the rain 

She wrote it down and burned it 
Jimmy loves who knows who 
Well he wasn't from around this town 
And mister neither are you 

She was listening into that Monon line 
For the Wabash Cannonball 
Put your head on the rail 
And you can hear her whine 
Just like a caterwaul 

She wrote it down and burned it 
She clutched it flaming to her chest 
It said Jimmy loves cars 
And Jimmy loves trains 
Ah but Jimmy, Jimmy loves me best 

There's a dead girl's body 
By the railroad track 
Waiting for a train 
Well I guess Jimmy never did come back 
In his Camaro in the rain 

She wrote it down and burned it 
Yeah the only way I know 
You could still read some words 
In the ashes there 
But she could not watch him go 

She wrote it down and burned it 

Written by John Hiatt