That Old Train
By: Skip Brown
Duration
4:33
Genres
Description
This song was written about my Mother who passed away Oct 15 2010. Althought it talks of a young man, it is her story, her family lived in Pikeville Ky. Her father a coal miner, my grandparents could not take care of all of them,shipping some of them to other family members to take care of. They sent her to Buffalo Ny. She thought she had done something wrong and that is why they sent her off. She loved this song and cryed every time she heard it.
Lyrics
THAT OLD TRAIN KEY OF D D YEAH I WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY D WHEN MY MAMMA SENT ME OFF C THERE WAS TO MANY IN THE FAMIL Y G D BELIEVE ME SON IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. I SEEN THAT OLD SMOKE ROLLIN FROM THE CABIN THAT I LEFT I NEVER DID NO LOOKING BACK AINT NEVER GOING BACK THERE AGAIN THEY PUT ME ON THAT OLD TRAIN WITH A ONE WAY TICKET NORTH THEY SENT ME UP TO NEW YORK TO A PLACE CALLED BUFFALO I SAW THE TEARS IN HER EYES AS I BOARDED THAT OLD TRAIN CONDUCTOR YELLED ALL ABOARD AND WE BEGAN TO PULL A WAY CHORUS G D TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN AS IT TOOK ME FAR AWAY G A MY TEARS KEPT ON FLOWING AS I BEGAN TO PRAY G D PLEASE MR, ENGINEER YOU HAVE TO STOP THIS TRAIN C G D IT'S HEADED FOR A PLACE I DON'T WANT TO GO TODAY WELL IT- SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME SINCE I'VE SEEN MY KIN I'VE BEEN ACROSS THAT BIG OLE POND BUT NEVER SEEN THAT CABIN AGAIN I SWORE I WOULDN'T GO BACK THERE TO THE CABIN THAT I LEFT UNTIL I HEARD THE AWFUL NEWS ABOUT MY POOR MOTHERS DEATH CHORUS THEN C G D C G D THE GUlLT NEVER LEFT HER FROM THE TIME SHE MADE ME GO IS WHAT MY FATHER TOLD ME THE TRAIN WENT AND TOOK HER SOUL SHE SLIPPED AWAY AT MIDNIGHT WE FOUND HER IN THE MORN SHE LAID ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK I GUESS SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT NO MORE CHORUS THEN CGD Music and lyric By Skip& Roxann Brown
