In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
It__ been my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they__e going. For them it__ the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train makes, a little bit of America, a little bit of your country, gets on and says hello. That__ why trains are so popular at Christmas. People get on to meet their country over the holidays. They__e looking for some friendship, a warm body to talk to. People don__ rush on a train, because that__ not what trains are for. How do you put a dollar value on that? What accounting line does that go on?
The Christmas Train
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It__ been my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they__e going. For them it__ the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train makes, a little bit of America, a little bit of your country, gets on and says hello. That__ why trains are so popular at Christmas. People get on to meet their country over the holidays. They__e looking for some friendship, a warm body to talk to. People don__ rush on a train, because that__ not what trains are for. How do you put a dollar value on that? What accounting line does that go on?
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