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Thread #20196 Message #954520
Posted By: GUEST
17-May-03 - 04:33 PM
Thread Name: Train Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: NOT JUST A TRAIN (Kelly/Mann)
Spirit of the West's "Not Just a Train":
NOT JUST A TRAIN Geoffrey Kelly/John Mann 1989
I can strum a little; I can hold a chord This ain't the gospel and I ain't the Lord I'm no holy roller, but for what it's worth My freedom's a train ride to Heaven on Earth
It's not just a train It's saying goodbye Saying hello To where we have been Where we might go What we have passed What we might see It's not just a train It's freedom to me
Kids flatt'nin' pennies, as the iron horse rolls by Between the trains I see an old man, a face full of smiles A young woman crying as her lover leaves Gun on his shoulder and stripes on his sleeve
It's not just a train It's saying goodbye Saying hello To where we have been Where we might go Places we've passed Places we'll see It's not just a train It's freedom to me
Through a crack in the the slats, a harvest moon shines On Harper Lee's pages, I turn to kill time The car toads are waiting for me at the station To give a bum's rush to a frost bitten `bo
It's not just a train It's saying goodbye Saying hello To where we have been And where we might go People we've passed People we'll see It's not just a train It's freedom to me Freedom to me Freedom to me Freedom...