Last Light on the Rails

Story Behind The Song

I started this song over 20 years ago. One day while driving through southeast Idaho on the way to Yellowstone, I noticed that the railroad tracks running parallel to the highway glowed as the sun went down. The idea, "last light on the rails" was born, a

Song Description

A fictional story of a lost love.

Song Length 4:08 Genre Country - Traditional, Country - General
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Poignant, Composed Subject Lost Love, Loneliness
Similar Artists George Strait, Sawyer Brown Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Standin' at the Greyhound Station
Starin' down at worn out shoes
Nowhere was the destination I chose
To run away from all by blues
As I'm ridin' north through Idaho, I see the sun, it's sinkin' low
And a red-tailed hawk out mousin' in the bales
And in the fadin' light I see a glow that's there remindin' me
Of the ember burnin' inside me like the last light on the rails
The two lane highway parallels the train tracks
It carries me to places I don't know
A day too late, a dollar short, my ship just won't come in
So down the endless highway I still go
So on and on the wheels keep rollin'
Another town, another state
The memories we had keep burnin' in my soul
The embers of the hands of fate
As I pass through Pocatello, I see the sun, it's sinkin' low
A lone coyote out mousin' in the bales
And in the fadin' light I see a glow that's there remindin' me
Of the ember burnin' inside me like the last light on the rails

Lyrics Chris W. Mortensen Music Chris W. Mortensen
Producer Chris W. Mortensen Publisher South Canyon Music
Performance Chris W. Mortensen, Jamie Prince

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