Timbuktu I'll be waiting for the train to Timbuktu I'll be waiting for my chance to run from the truth And as the wind blows and the rain hits hard on my skin I find shelter from escaping this heart of sins. I'll sail through this lonely dark night Searching for anything but the light Uh, I'll close my eyes to the light I knew Dreaming of anything but you I've been thinking of the times when I was young and free Standing steadily on my own two feet And as the memory is turned to dust and set on the ground I find comfort in forgetting this heart of mine I'll sail through this lonely dark night Searching for anything but the light Uh, I'll close my eyes to the light I knew Dreaming of anything but you Dreaming of anything but you