verse 1
C Em F
Our life was changed on a cold night
F C Em F
our father was taken away on a Blue light
Gm C Gm C
Our lives had changed, we went to live beside the trains
C Am Fm Am Fm
as railway children, as railway children
verse 2
C Em F
We loved the trains and Albert was always there
C Em F
mother wrote stories to earn us pay
Gm C Gm C
Our lives had changed, we went to live beside the trains
C Am Fm Am Fm
as railway children, as railway children
verse 3
C Em F
We saved a Russian spy and trains from crashing by
C Em F
an old man befrended us and set our father free
Gm C Gm C
Our lives had changed, we went to live beside the trains
C Am Fm Am Fm
as railway children, as railway children