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