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Lyr Req: Sundown settin' on a railroad track...

21 Jun 03 - 10:48 PM (#970417)
Subject: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: Tyghress

On another board someone posed this question...I was hoping the good Catters could help:

[quote]
Okay, I have this song that I heard about six years back and it's been stuck in my head lately, but I have no idea what it is called or who sings it which is starting to bug me. I have searched the Internet, posted to other boards, no luck. I would love to be able to buy a copy of this song, but that's a bit hard to do until I know the name and who sings it. From what I remember, it's guitar accompaniment with a couple of guys singing it. Here are the lyrics to the best I can recall... I hope someone else out there has heard this as I know I didn't just imagine it. Thanks!

Sara

Sundown settin' on a railroad track.
My thoughts are turning and I won't be back.
And now I'm thinkin' on the good times gone
And how this train will be moving on.

There's so much here for my destiny.
And now what's happened to the rest of me?
So step onto my memory train.
Enjoy the scenery and all that comes your way.

(Chorus:)
Because this train I'm on won't be traveling long.
There's a stop along the way for everyone.
And when you step down from that big ol' memory train,
Your bag's a little heavier, but your heart's about the same.

As I stand here and search the night,
Suddenly I see my dreams come into sight.
Across the distance I have come to meet the train.
And now I'll be moving on once again.

(Repeat Chorus)

And now as I hear that sound again,
I think on all the good times, and my old friends.
How many memories, how many heartbreaks,
How many memory trains, will go rolling on?
[/quote]

22 Jun 03 - 09:58 PM (#970680)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: pattyClink

Refresh.

22 Jun 03 - 10:15 PM (#970684)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: Amos

Well, lessee..I never heard it, and the metaphor is much too strainedfor my ta tastes, but anyway -- where did you hear it when you did hear it?

A

22 Jun 03 - 10:51 PM (#970706)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: Tyghress

Aw rats. . .I was hoping someone would have gotten it...I had a bet that you folks would find it in 12 hours tops! Sorry I can't give more information, as it was a young friend from a different board who originally asked the question I quoted above.

Thanks for trying!

23 Jun 03 - 12:05 AM (#970735)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: Amos

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Sorch?

A

23 Jun 03 - 03:50 AM (#970776)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: Geoff the Duck

None of the searching tricks I use have located lyrics on the 'net.
Mind you - it is only possible to find on the www things somebody has actually posted there. If it ain't out there, you won't find it!
Quack.
GtD.

23 Jun 03 - 08:23 PM (#971270)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: Sorcha

I didn't have any luck either. Sorry.

23 Jun 03 - 10:45 PM (#971322)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: Jim Dixon

Well, if I had to give that song a title, I'd call it "Memory Train." As it happens, there are at least 3 different songs with that title. I think I can eliminate the two recorded by Rex Allen, Jr. and by Bad Manners. That leaves one recorded by Colors [Russ Dixon, Ryan Merrill, and Brian Tibbets, 1994] and one recorded by Kindred Way [Jon Strider and others, 1994]--which may or may not be the same song.

But I can't find any lyrics or sound samples of those.

24 Jun 03 - 02:36 AM (#971386)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: JohnInKansas

Closest I could find was from The Benny Hill Song Book

Moving On Again

Here I stand at the railroad track,
The memory of her, it keeps calling me back.
And hoo-ee goes that old freight train,
Telling me I should be moving on again, and on.
I went to rent a lady's house, she handed me the key,
She said, "It's to be let like this with all that you can see."
"And are you to be let with the house?" said I in a most expectant tone,
She said, "I'm not be let with the house, I'm to be let alone." So,

Here I stand by the railroad track,
The memory of her, it keeps calling me back.
But hoo-ee goes that old freight train,
Telling me I should be moving on again, and on.
I met a rich old widow, she was 85 years old,
But coming from a dance one night she caught a nasty cold.
We rubbed her back with whiskey to try and cure her cough,
And then she went and broke her neck trying to lick it off.

So, here I stand by the railroad track,
The memory of her, it keeps calling me back.
But hoo-ee goes that old freight train,
Telling me I should be moving on again, and on.
I took my friend, McTavish, to Rosie's house for tea,
She said, "What's that thing on your lap just above your knee?"
He said, "Oh that's my sporran, ma'am," she said, "Well goodness sake,
For two whole hours I've been trying to feed it chocolate cake."

Here I stand by the railroad track,
The memory of her, it keeps calling me back.
And hoo-ee goes that old freight train,
Telling me I should be moving on again, and on.
All my lonely nights are over now that I've met Claire,
She's the fat, tattooed lady from the local fair.
But since I have been wed to her, a paradise I've found,
I've got heat in the winterand shade in the summer and pictures all year 'round.

No more will I stand at the railroad track,
With the memory of her a-calling me back.
And hoo-ee can go that old freight train,
But I'm never moving on again.

John

02 Jul 03 - 03:22 PM (#975394)
Subject: RE: Origins: Second Hand Song Request
From: GUEST,Sunnywindo

*sigh* I am the "young friend from a different board" that Tyghress
mentioned (lol... nice to be called "young", haven't been feeling that way lately). I would have posted earlier, but my computer had a major meltdown just after posting about this song on the other board and I am just barely getting back online. Where and when I heard this song? Um, Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho summer of 1995. Someone a few doors down from mine in our dorm had a tape mix of various songs and gave copy of it as I liked it, but about a year later I lost it somewhere. I never asked where this paticular song came from at the time (yeah, dumb I know) and it seems to me she had this song labeled "Memory Train" but I am not sure. Just always figured I'd be able to track down a CD or something later, but have run into a brick wall. I can recall the song quite clearly in my mind, could even sing it, but I would much rather hear them (whoever they are) sing it. Thanks all for trying to help... I'll keep hoping.

:) Sunny Sara

24 Dec 05 - 02:07 PM (#1634627)
Subject: RE: 2nd Hand Song Req: Sundown settin' on a RR tra
From: GUEST,Slipt

No way. Ricks College now BYUI?
I posted on that other site too. Even though it's been a couple years, I still want to know who sings this. As it turns out, I got that song from a friend of mine. It was the last song in a CD mix that she made when the guy she was dating broke up with her and ripped her heart out. *tear*. Funny though, she went to Ricks college, but much more recently. She's a music freak, and could tell us who sings this if only she weren't on her mission in ARGENTINA. Any leads let me know would ya?

03 Jan 06 - 12:58 AM (#1640180)
Subject: RE: 2nd Hand Song Req: Sundown settin' on a RR track
From: Jim Dixon

There is now a mere 10-second clip of MEMORY TRAIN by Kindred Way, available at http://www.genetic-id-services.com/kindredway/audio.htm.

I think we can eliminate that one.