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Down Bound Train
10
Rock & Roll
Down Bound Train è stato pubblicato il 25 novembre 2022 da Twilite Records come parte dell'album Crawfish, Troubles, Cats & Ghosts (Demos & Recordings 2015-2020)
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Data di uscita25 novembre 2022
EtichettaTwilite Records
LinguaEnglish
Melodicità
Acousticità
Valence
Ballabilità
Energia
BPM125

Video musicale

Video musicale

Crediti

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Marcel Bontempi
Marcel Bontempi
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Songwriter

Testi

A stranger lying on a bar room floor
Had drank so much, he could drink no more
So he fell asleep with a troubled brain
To dream that he rode on that downbound train
The engine with blood was sweaty and damp
And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp
And imps for fuel were shovelling bones
While the furnace rang with a thousand groans
The boiler was filled with lager beer
The devil himself was the engineer
The passengers were most a motley crew
Some were foreigners and others he knew
Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags
Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags
As the train rushed on at a terrible pace
Sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face
Wider and wider the country grew
Faster and faster the engine flew
Louder and louder the thunder crashed
Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed
Hotter and hotter the air became
'Til their clothes were burned with each quivering refrain
Then out of the distance there came a yell
"Ha ha," said the devil, "We're nearing home"
Oh how the passengers shrieked with pain
And begged old Satan to stop that train
The stranger awoke with an anguished cry
His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high
He fell on his knees on the barroom floor
And prayed a prayer like never before
And the prayers and vows were not in vain
For he never rode that downbound train
Written by: Chuck Berry
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