[00:04.33]She was counting out the window of the outbound train
[00:08.05]All the poles of the telegraph
[00:11.33]And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails
[00:15.68]Couldn't make the sweeper laugh
[00:19.88]Down down down so deep
[00:27.77]Down down drowning in his sleep
[00:35.35]Tommy's coming home again
[00:40.87]
[00:42.83]And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit
[00:46.83]Pursued by a hungry fox
[00:50.32]And a broker awoke her from a fitful slumber
[00:53.75]Then consulted his shares and his stocks
[00:58.27]Down down down they go
[01:05.91]Down down how he'll never know
[01:13.54]Tommy's coming home again
[01:20.42]And it's almost April Fools' Day
[01:27.00]
[01:28.32]As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil
[01:32.87]He could see that she was really upset
[01:36.71]As she tucked back the ribbon in a velvet box
[01:39.95]As he offered her a cigarette
[01:44.70]Down down down she took a drag
[01:52.34]Now he's covered in a flag
[02:00.07]Tommy's coming home again
[02:07.06]And it's almost April Fools' Day
[02:12.41]
[02:15.75]Almost April Fools' Day
[02:20.61]And the joke's on everyone
[02:24.10]He had that premonition
[02:28.30]Only dead men dwell upon
[02:34.37]But how could he know that only twelve months later
[02:38.57]She would wear her skirt up over her knee
[02:42.00]And in the very same carriage she'd be flattered with roses
[02:46.35]And forget the tears of dignity
[02:50.14]
[02:50.40]Down down down they flow
[02:57.94]Now now now it just don't matter anymore
[03:05.77]Tommy's made it home again
[03:12.20]When it was almost April Fools' Day
[03:21.35]Almost April Fools' Day
[03:26.76]And the joke's on everyone
[03:30.10]He had that premonition
[03:34.45]Only dead men dwell upon
[03:40.77]Tommy's coming home again
[03:48.56]Tommy's coming home again
[03:56.34]Tommy's coming home