This is the room where they were born All of the kids grown up so long now And if i'm quiet i can hear them fight But the only real sound is that whistling train at night That's the only thing that has stayed the same The lonely whine of the new york train Used to hear it coming for me in dreams But now it just sings me to sleep it seems I can hear a wrecking ball coming for the house See a wrecking ball gonna tear it down In this kitchen we would laugh and sing Now i eat alone at burger king My wife used to come home and cook the meals Now my daughter comes weekly to feed me pills I can hear a wrecking ball coming for the house See a wrecking ball gonna tear it down Used to run through fields to put pennies on the track Now it's just big houses with pools out back They'll bulldoze this house when i am gone And no-one will be here to sing that old train song I can hear a wrecking ball coming for the house See a wrecking ball gonna tear it down