Written by Scott Miller
G C D Well the Amtrak Crescent is a north bound train G D C Em When you can't afford to stay no more in New Orleans G C D So I bought the cheapest ticket and I carried my clothes G D C Em Blood beneath my eyes from a broken nose D Em Cause when life goes wrong it just goes on and on D Em When life goes wrong, it just drags on Well there ain?t no ham like the Birmingham To make a fella wanna stay in Alabam? But I crossed into Georgia into Eastern Time Dared to eat a peach to take it off my mind When life goes wrong it just goes on and on When life goes wrong, this train goes onAt stop in Charlotte found a hogs leg joint Seemed like forever 'til we reached High Point Now Lynchburg to Danville that's a ghost filled rail If you listen you can hear the engineer's wife wail Now when life goes wrong, it just goes on That when life goes wrong, this train goes on Solo You better say Manassas if you say Bull Run Cause in Virginia you won't get along with anyone Just across the river you can change your tune Like all the politicians there in DC do When life goes wrong, it just goes on When life goes wrong, it just drags on Chorus 2: Somewhere between right and wrong Somehow I manage to keep moving on Searching for any place but where I am And a first, second, third, fourth, Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth chance Bet it used to be pretty on the Eastern Shore Now it?s more New York down to Baltimore It takes so much effort just to move this train Why does everything around me have to look the same Like when life goes wrong, it just goes on and on When life goes wrong, it just drags onC Bm Somewhere between right and wrong Em A Somehow I manage to keep moving on C Bm Searching for any place but where I am Em D And a first and second chance