Connections

Dearest Mummy,
I had to write to say
That I won't be home any more
For something happened to me
While I was changing trains
And I'm not the same any more,

Oh, I was only twenty-four minutes from Wigan
Only one Sprinter away from your arms;
Manchester came into view
(We'd lost an hour at Crewe)

And then I saw her
As we pulled into platform 14 and stopped she was there;
I walked up to her,
Asked where I could get something to eat
And she showed me where,

Oh, I was only twenty-four minutes from Wigan
Only one Sprinter away from your arms:
She took me to the buffet, I asked her if I could pay
She said, OK.

Oh, I was only twenty-four minutes from Wigan
Only one Sprinter away from your arms;
She needed my love and my hands
For her cottage in Grange-Over-Sands.

And we were crowded in closely
All stations to Barrow, Arriva regrets
This train has no heat.
So I caressed her, kissed her,
Not before Preston could I or my love find ourselves a seat.

Oh, I was only twenty-four minutes from Wigan
Only one Sprinter away from your arms;
I hate to do this to you
But now I live in Cumbria too
What can I do
When I can never, never
Go home again?