Story Behind The Song
The Train used to run through my town, and now it doesn't. I was thinking this and about life and thought I'd write a train song.
Song Description
Analogy of Life as a Disappearing Train
| Song Length |
3:54 |
Genre |
Folk - Rural, Folk - Bluegrass |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Cheerless |
Subject |
Life, Age, Aging |
| Similar Artists |
Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1960 - 1969 |
| |
Lyrics
"The Rumble of the Train" by ED Englerth
The track ran through my town
I?d hear the train about sunset
They never stopped back then
And they?re not stopping yet
They?re older than their wisdom
They?re sadder than their tears
They keep moving through the night
And won?t slow down for years
* It?s the rumble of the train
The rumble of the train
But they?ll have to stop one day
Be laid to rest on twisted backs
In the meantime they?ll keep driving
Although someone?s stole the tracks
They rarely check their watches now
They?ve been traveling for so long
They know each place by the pain
That won?t stop till they?re gone *
With clicks n? clacks n? rattles
It shutters and it shakes
There?s a long and lonely moan
As if it?s heart would break
Late at night while I lie sleeping
I heard that high sad whistle
I dreamed I boarded that train
And disappeared over a hill *