The Underground

The railway rattles beneath the earth, hidden from the sky

My eyes are closed but I don't sleep. I hear them whizzing by

I wish they’d stop at my place where I’m waiting to be found

I think about their mission in the modern underground

I know they’re here beneath me and will catch me if I fall

They surely must be watching, I’m closed up in these walls

And sold because I can’t fight back, and can’t because I’m small

And in the cold, I cry and think they won’t come after all

My wrists are raw with ropes.  A number is my name

And I hear the train go chugging as it leaves the way it came

Tears no longer reach my eyes, my heart is cold as stone

I want to run away, but this is all I've known

And so I wait forever while the train goes chugging by

Freezing on the floor, I want to break my chains and fly

Oh come to me sweet underground and soothe me when I cry

Please come and save my soul before I drown in tears and die

Operation Underground Railroad