[00:25.09]Shadows come creepin' down the alleys,[00:30.66]Lonesome lines the boulevard[00:32.34][00:38.53]Neon flickers to the rhythm of the night,[00:42.28][00:44.47]But this evenin', sleep is coming hard[00:48.59][00:53.59]Down the concrete hallways in this part of town[00:57.28][01:01.15]You can hear the young hearts drowning in thirst for life[01:04.86][01:08.92]The back streets full of mystery, people[01:11.61][01:12.73]Frozen in their dreams[01:13.92][01:14.86]Too little mercy, too little love,[01:17.36][01:19.36]Too much night, it's too much tonight[01:22.04][01:23.11]Chorus:[01:23.92]The eastern avenue runs level with the river[01:28.61][01:30.42]In between lies the freight yard of boxcar blues[01:34.61][01:38.42]Eastern avenue railway, come on, come on and deliver[01:44.29][01:45.36]This load of tears and this pair of walking shoes[01:49.36][01:52.80]Boy's got the eastern avenue river railway blues[01:57.67][02:14.48]Trapped between him and the city,[02:16.99][02:22.11]He packed a bag and took one south bound over the line[02:25.86][02:29.86]Trapped between him and the pity, he suffers for those unfaithful times[02:39.44][02:45.69]Well, eastbound river railway runs swift and hard[02:49.25][02:52.88]He swears tonight he's gonna take that ride[03:01.94]Jerk a cold steel freight train right down the boulevard[03:07.38]He ain't gonna stop 'til all the loneliness collides[03:13.32][03:14.44]'Cause it's too much tonight