"Stop This Train" lyrics

No, I'm not colour-blind
I know the world is black and white
Try to keep an open mind
But I just can't sleep on this tonight

Stop this train, I wanna get off
And go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't, but honestly
Won't someone stop this train?

Don't know how else to say it
Don't wanna see my parents go
One generation's length away
From finding life out on my own

Stop this train, I wanna get off
And go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't, but honestly
Won't someone stop this train?

So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game
To find a way to say that
Life has just begun

Had a talk with my old man
Said, "Help me understand"
He said, "Turn 68, you'll renegotiate
Don't stop this train
Don't for a minute change the place you're in"
I don't think I couldn't ever understand
I tried my hand, tried honestly
We'll never stop this train

Once in a while
When its good
It'll feel like it should
And they're all still around
And we're still safe and sound
And you don't miss a thing
'Til you cry when you're driving away in the dark

Singing, "stop this train
I wanna get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't, 'cause now I see
I'll never stop this train"