Last Train Home (John Mayer song)

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"Last Train Home"
Single by John Mayer
from the album Sob Rock
ReleasedJune 4, 2021
Genre Soft rock, synth-pop
Length3:07
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) John Mayer
Producer(s)
John Mayer singles chronology
"Carry Me Away"
(2019)		"Last Train Home"
(2021)		"Wild Blue"
(2021)
Maren Morris singles chronology
"Bigger Man"
(2021)		"Last Train Home"
(2021)

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