This Train Is Saving Souls

18 hours ago by @jamesh411 · @brucebutkovich

This Train Is Saving Souls

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Liner Notes

I had this title for several years and the music Bruce sent my way struck me as very train. Helltrain, in fact. #trainsong #chordsolo #helltrain

Lyrics

I jumped the fence it’s a quarter til one,
My working day is done,
Put my ear to the track,
But all that I hear is nothing,
I got no criminal past,
I scan the station for cameras anyway.
This ride should have me home by morning,
At 1:15 I’m back on the platform,
The air is cool and dry,
But I start to sweat,
When I hear my train,
And see the cars come rolling by,
Blinding light from the open doors,
Crushed glass across the floor,
Although I’m tired, I don’t feel like riding anymore.

This car is hauling coal,(Get on board, Get on board!)
This car has lost control,(Get on board, Get on board!)
This car is saving souls,(Get on board, Get on board!)
This train is about to roll.(Get on board, Get on board!)

Switchman said this train is bound for salvation,
“Just give me your sick, your poor, your dispossessed,
Last stop after this one, there’s no turning back,”
Now I’m giving up my seat upon request,
Scenes go by that I don’t recognize as a place to rest my bones,
Just on and on across the higher plains and valleys,
Down in the mines where the sun don’t shine on the likes of Davy Jones,
Another day and night, another blind alley,

This car is hauling coal,(Get on board, Get on board!)
This car has lost control,(Get on board, Get on board!)
This car is saving souls,(Get on board, Get on board!)
This train is about to roll.(Get on board, Get on board!)

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