"Trains and Boats and Planes" Box Tops 1967

Following their number one hit "The Letter", they recorded the Burt Bacharach song for their album release November 1967. Written and recorded by Burt in London in 1965, it had been a hit for him in the UK, but was only a minor hit in the US. Classic song, still, kind of grows on you. 


Lyrics

Trains and boats and planes are passing by
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
For someone else but not for me
The trains and the boats and planes
Took you away, away from me

We were so in love and high above
We had a star to wish upon wish
And dreams come true, but not for me
The trains and the boats and planes
Took you away, away from me

You are from another part of the world
You had to go back home, and then
You said you would return again
I'm waiting here like I promised to
I'm waiting here, but where are you

Oh trains and boats and planes took you away
But every time I see them I pray
And if my prayer can cross the sea
The trains and the boats and planes
Will bring back you back, back home to me, whoa

The trains and the boats and planes
Will bring you back, back home to me, whoa, whoa