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F.F.V.
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F.F.V. was released on January 1, 1971 by Fat Possum as a part of the album Delta Momma Blues
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1971
LabelFat Possum
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM184

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Well, along come the FFV, the swiftest on the line
Running along the C&O 'road twenty minutes behind
Running in the Seville headquarters on the line
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
Well, George's mother come to him with a bucket on her arm
Saying, "My darling boy, be careful how you run
Well, it's many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
But if you run your engine right, you'll make her just on time"
Aw, but off of the road she darted and into the rocks she crashed
Well, the engine she laid upside down and George's breast was smashed
Well, his head lay against the firebox door and the flames were rolling high
Well, I'm proud to be born for an engineer on the C&O 'road to die
Well, the doctor come to Georgie, my darling boy be still
Well, your life can yet be saved, if it is God's blessed will
Aw, no, no, it will not do, I want to fly so free
Well I want to die with the engine I love, a hundred and forty three
Then the doctor said to Georgie, "Well your life cannot be saved"
Murdered out on the railroad, laid in a lonesome grave
But his face was all covered up with blood, his eyes, they could not see
And the very last words that Georgie spoke were "Nearer my God to thee"
Written by: Van Zandt
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