From the recording Another Kind of Train
"Another Kind of Train" by the Brother Bicker Band is a song about escape, redemption, and the restless search for something more. With vivid storytelling and a driving rhythm, the song follows a character leaving behind the weight of a troubled past, determined to find a new path. The haunting refrain of a distant whistle serves as both a warning and a promise—some tracks lead nowhere, but others offer the chance for a fresh start.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Over on broadway the lids come down
On another day In this crazy town
She leaves the street and the crushing block
For a fire escape and a tightrope walk.
Verse 2
It's not fair she says to anyone who will listen
I'll burn this place down before I ever come back
But fair is fair and hearts will break
Anyone can get hung for one mistake
Prechorus
I can hear that whistle blowing
Chorus
Don't wait up
I'm not coming home
This dirty city's got
A mind of its own
I'm gonna catch
Another kind of train
Verse 3
Stop burning yourself with the same old flame
It's not how it hurts you But how it hurts your good name
Chasing pearls of any size
Making love look Like a compromise
Verse 4
These tracks don't go where you think they go
They go inside dark and low
Shining lights on awful scars
Earned in honky tonks and roadside bars
Prechorus
I can hear that whistle blowing.
Chorus
Don't wait up
I'm not coming home
This dirty city's got
A mind of its own
I'm gonna catch
Another kind of train
Bridge
Don't wait I'm gone
Don't wait I'm gone
Verse 5
After hours the drunks try to dance
The cops give everyone a second chance
All the fools Will chase their tails
while the wise men Ride the bitter rails
Prechorus
I can hear that whistle blowing
Chorus
Don't wait up
I'm not coming home
This dirty city's got
A mind of its own
I'm gonna catch
Another kind of train
Outtro
I'm at the station I can see that Train
whistle is blowing don't wait in vain