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Tuesday, 16 August 2022

“More Out-takes from Ol’ Ameriky” (The Uncollected Songbook Part 1.) There’s a train acomin’


                      There’s a train acomin’
         
                                    a roarin’ down the track
                      Don’t know where she’s goin’.
                       
                     Know she ain’t acomin’ back.

                      Her face is at the window.
                       
                     There’s a wailin’ from the stack
                      ’cos the smoke and cinders
                       
                     know there ain’t no lookin’ back.
       
                      Dreamgirl where you goin’ ?
                       
                     Dreamgirl where you been?
                      Dreamgirl take me with you
                       
                     on our midnight train.

                      Thought you done with smilin’
                       
                     when you slammed the door
                      now you don’t quit smilin’ ’cos
                       
                     that train ain’t stoppin’ here no more.

                      ’Cos, darlin’, you know
                       
                     ’cos, darlin’, you know,
                       
                     you know, you know, you know . . .
                      Sure as hell you know . . .
                        
                    that train ain’t stoppin’ here no more . . .
 
                      There’s a train acomin’
         
                                    a roarin’ down the track
                      Don’t know where she’s goin’.
                       
                     Know she ain’t acomin’ back . . .

                      and, brother, sure as hell, nothin’ll bring her back.