Platform 6

Rain-soaked train windows,

station lights shine cold

Holding a paper ticket,

a story untold

Midnight on the clock,

ticking down the time

Ready to leave this town,

leave it all behind

Sitting on an empty bench,

shivering in the breeze

She sat across on Platform 6,

eyes so wise and deep

Asked me where I'm headed

before I take the leap

She said, "Decades ago,

I stood right where you stand

Ready to run away,

with a ticket in my hand

But a stranger stopped me short,

said something I still hold: Running and starting fresh

are not the same,

I'm told." And the voice in the wind began to play

Saying Platform 6 told me to stay

Yeah, Platform

6 told me to stay

Don't let your whole life drift away

A distant announcement, the headlights cut the dark

She looked at me and smiled,

leaving quite a mark She said,

"That stranger on the platform,

who saved me from the night

Was your own father,

kid,

who helped me see the light

And I promised I would find you if you ever lost your

way"

As the train rolled in,

I heard her say

That Platform

6 told you to stay

Oh, Platform

6 told me to stay

Don't let your whole life drift away (stay...)

I stepped back from the edge,

let the iron engine leave Turned around to thank her,

pulling at my sleeve But the platform was empty,

she’d vanished in the rain Leaving me with fate,

and a quiet moving train (was it fate...)