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Darci Lynne Will Blow You Away with This Pitch Perfect John Mayer Throwback

The America's Got Talent Season 12 winner sang the song in a completely empty room. 

By Jackie Manno

Dacri Lynne just covered an emotional John Mayer song, and the acoustics were on point. 

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On October 16, the America's Got Talent Season 12 winner shared a clip of her singing the most breathtaking rendition of "Stop This Train," by John Mayer. She added a unique flair to the song, putting in some stunning high notes and heavenly vocal flips along the way. She sang the tune in an empty room, making her voice echo beautifully. 

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What to know about "Stop This Train" by John Mayer

The seventh track off of Mayer's best-selling 2006 album Continuum, "Stop This Train" features an acoustic guitar and percussion that resembles the rhythm of a chugging train. Lyrically, it tells the story of coping with morality and the inevitability of getting older. 

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The lyrics to "Stop This Train" by John Mayer

No, I'm not colorblind
I know the world is black and white
I try to keep an open mind
But I just can't sleep on this tonight

Stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't
But honestly, won't someone stop this train?

Don't know how else to say it
Don't want to see my parents go

I'm one generation's length away
From fighting life out on my own

Oh, come on, stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't
But honestly, won't someone stop this train?

Split of Darci Lynne and John Mayer

I'm so scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game
To find a way to say my life has just begun

Had a talk with my old man
Said, "Help me understand"
He said "Turn 68, oh, you'll re-negotiate"

"Don't stop this train
Don't for a minute change the place you're in
And don't think I couldn't ever understand
I tried my hand
John, honestly we'll never stop this train"

Oh, now, once in a while, when it's good
It'll feel like it should
And they're all still around
And you're still safe and sound
And you don't miss a thing
'Til you cry
When you're driving away in the dark, yeah

Singing
Stop this train
I want to get off and go back home again
I can't take the speed this thing moving in
I know I can't
'Cause now I see, I'm never gonna stop this train