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Thread #18875   Message #171741
Posted By: jofield
01-Feb-00 - 01:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins/ADD: Who wrote 'Mystery Train'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MISTERY TRAIN
I remember the early Elvis version very well, and each third line had a negative connotation:

1) Well, that long black train took my baby and gone.

2) Well, you took my baby, but you never will again.

3) Well, you took my baby, but she's mine all mine.

James in Bristol, RI

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