[Verse 1]
He was a kid with a paper cap
Drawing engines on the back of class
Blue smoke dreams in a council flat
Said one day, love, I'll drive the lot
Leanne laughed with her boots kicked off
Said you're mad, but I like that talk
She was a chav with a wicked grin
And he swore he'd always come back in
[Pre-Chorus]
Years rolled out like track
He kept his eyes on that
Cold grey dawn, same old yard
Same first name in his heart
[Chorus]
Train driver, train driver
He made it, he made it
Leanne in his lungs
Leanne in his veins
Train driver, train driver
He made it, he made it
Same boy, grown hard
Still chasing her name
[Verse 2]
Then Laura came round in a red coat
White Rose car park, engines low
One quick lie in the rain-soaked dark
And he tore his life clean in half
Three little kids, a mortgage too
Bought a house in Hull with a view
But at night when the platform cleared
He'd feel Leanne pull him near
[Pre-Chorus]
Steel and ash and time
Could not ease his mind
Every mile he laid to rest
Still had her under his chest
[Chorus]
Train driver, train driver
He made it, he made it
Leanne in his lungs
Leanne in his veins
Train driver, train driver
He made it, he made it
Same boy, grown hard
Still chasing her name
[Bridge]
Hull wind cutting through the blinds
Three kids sleeping, one more lie
Laura's ring on the kitchen sink
And Leanne in the place he thinks
He got the keys, he got the line
But joy don't always stay on time
Some hearts ride, some hearts break
Some stay loud in every wake
[Chorus]
Train driver, train driver
He made it, he made it
Leanne in his lungs
Leanne in his veins
Train driver, train driver
He made it, he made it
Same boy, grown hard
Still chasing her name
[Outro]
White Rose car park
Faded spark
Hull house, deep dark
Leanne still marks him