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Thread #14233 Message #1919298
Posted By: open mike
26-Dec-06 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs by Bruce 'Utah' Phillips
Subject: ADD: I'll Ride the Trains Again (Phillips)-partial
I am in the process of transcribing another Utah Phillips song I learned form Rosalie Sorrels on a recent Cowboy Train trip. "I'll Ride the Trains Again"
Here's what I have so far.. there may be other verses.. can any one fill these in?
I'll Ride the Trains Again By Utah Phillips
I'LL RIDE THE TRAINS AGAIN (Utah Phillips
Give me a train with an all night bar Wherever I go it can't be too far Rock me to sleep in a Pullman Car And I'll Ride the Trains Again
You got that black smoke, Rolling from the stack Pull the switch, clear the track I'm gonna throw my guitar right up on the rack I'll ride the trains again
Now when a passenger train was a red ball on the line You never wound up side tracked all the time Now all you do is hurry up and wait And you're all stacked up for some damn freight I think they're trying to make me late That's a hell of a way to run a railroad
Give me a train with an all night bar Wherever I go it can't be too far Rock me to sleep in a Pullman car I'll ride the trains again
You've got the black smoke rolllin' from the stack Pull the switch , clear the track I'm gonna throw my guitar right up on the rack I'll ride the trains again
also--can anyone desribe the term "red ball" and does it have a connection to the Red Ball Jets shoe brand? See Wolverine 14 Talking Blues (click)