I met James Ellis on a train into Manhattan
He said he had to see just one more Rangers game
I left James Ellis on a platform at Grand Central
Never knowing why this trip would be the last James Ellis made
You try to know someone
You learn his name and look at pictures of his family and his yard
You share your world with him inside the Lincoln Tunnel
And you never understand why understanding is so hard
Melissa met me on a train outside of Boston
She said she liked me and would call me up sometime
If Melissa ever called the number that I gave her
She wouldn't understand why it wasn't my voice on the line
You try to know someone
You learn his name and look at pictures of his family and his yard
You share your world with him inside the Lincoln Tunnel
And you never understand why understanding is so hard
You'll go your own way...
You'll go your own way...
And I'll turn across the aisle and start again.
You try to know someone
You learn his name and look at pictures of his family and his yard
You share your world with him inside the Lincoln Tunnel
And you never understand why understanding is so hard