railway childrens’ daddy

Well my friends I’m gonna take you back.

There’s a teenage girl standing by the track.

Big steam train’s got a lot to say

Brings home the love that never went away.

Here’s tuppence for the school fund.

Straight home to your tea.

Hold on to your sister’s hand

She’ll bring you home to me.

That’s the way it’s meant to be.

Daddy, my daddy platform three.

What will you be when your a man

My precious little laddie?

The lord mayor or the chauffeur behind the wheel,

The golfer or the caddy?

Well he looked up and said to them

Listen to me please

Just someone to meet me off the train

Would set my mind at ease.

That’s the way it’s meant to be.

Daddy, my daddy platform three.

It’s so easy in the movies

A black hat for the baddie,

A white one for the sheriff and the good guys,

And the railway childrens’ daddy.

They say that love will find you,

I hope that it finds me.

I’ll go down to the waiting room

And search lost property.

That’s the way it’s meant to be.

Daddy, my daddy platform three.

Maybe one day I’ll find the right words,

I hope it’s not too late.

The young girl has got kids of her own now.

She’s left me to my fate.

Shall meet me at the station

Or someone in her place

And when the smoke clouds roll away

I’ll see love on that face.

That’s the way it’s meant to be.

Daddy, my daddy platform three.

That’s the way it’s meant to be.

Daddy, my daddy platform three.

(lyrics by Vin Murtagh ©2011)