Lyrics
Blues Was a Train
If the blues was a train, it would sound about the same
Right on time and moanin low, a heavy heart and a heavy load
Worn and weathered by the years, burnin gasoline and tears
Id be ninety tons of pain, if the blues was a train
CH: If the blues was a train, thered be a ticket in my name
And the conductor would be cryin All aboard
With no-one to wave goodbye, wed go rollin down that line
and Id be thinking about you all down the track
Strummin along to that blue clackity-clack
Now the tracks under the stars are like the frets on my guitar
And them crossin bells would ring, like that hollow-body sings
And the engineer just drives while up ahead the sky is cryin
And the whistle howls the tune, Ive been workin on for you
CH:
Boys the day she dressed white, I swore Id share her every night
But when I saw that girl in red, I broke every word I said
And how I wish that she would stay enough to wish my life away
And Id be ninety tons of pain, If the blues was a train
CH:
c 1994 by Gary Yerkins & Michael Smith
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