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Train Song
91
Folk
Train Song was released on October 9, 2007 by True North Records as a part of the album Songs From The Street
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Release DateOctober 9, 2007
LabelTrue North Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM82

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Murray McLauchlan
Murray McLauchlan
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Murray McLauchlan
Murray McLauchlan
Composer, Lyrics

Lyrics

I saw the sky fill up with engines
Heard the world fill up with noise
Laid a penny on a track, got a flapjack back
As the driver waved to the boys
I watched the people at the window
From the bushes as the diner flew by
Now I look from the window at the diner
For a kid with hungry eyes
This is a train song
It's a song about getting lost
It's a song about what that cost
This is a train song
For birds that are stuck on the ground
For ears that only listen for distant sounds
Just me and the stars on a flat car
As the train pulled into Scriber Town
Cops on the jump and I was running
I was scared they gonna run me down
Now I see the porter smiling to my left hand
As he's looking at the money that I hold in my right
And I think how it's nice, he wants to know my name
And I laugh out the window at the night
This is a train song
It's a song about getting lost
It's a song about what that cost
This is a train song
For birds that are stuck on the ground
For ears that only listen for distant sounds
Hear the moaning of the midnight whistle
Hear the ringing of the railroad sign
Someone's lover has come and gone
On the double steel high line
They say every railroad line has a bad side
Where they make all the poor people stay
Though some of the bad ones might make it across
That train passes by anyway
This is a train song
It's a song about getting lost
It's a song about what that cost
This is a train song
For birds that are stuck on the ground
For ears that only listen for distant sounds
Written by: Murray McLauchlan
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