Todd Snider – Play A Train Song (Guitar)

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Smokin' long black Cadillac, engine's windin' down

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Parked it up on the sidewalk like he owned the whole damn town

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I'd hear him talkin' to some chick through a thick ghost of smoke

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Through a thicker haze of Southern Comfort and Coke

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He'd say girl you're hotter than the hinges hangin' off the gates of Hell

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Don't be afraid to turn to me baby, if he don't treat you well

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And by he he meant me so I laughed and shook his hand

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He'd laugh a little bit louder as he would yell up at the band

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Play a train song, pour me one more round

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   Make 'em leave my boots on on the day they lay me down

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I am a runaway locomotive out of my one track   mind

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And I'm lookin' for any kind of trouble that I can find

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I got this old black leather jacket, got this pack of Marlboro Reds

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I got this stash here in my pocket, got these thoughts in my own head

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The right to run until I've gotta walk or until I've gotta crawl

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Got this moment I'm in right now and nothin' else at all

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Play a train song, pour me one more round

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   Make 'em leave my boots on on the day they lay me down

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I am a runaway locomotive out of my one track   mind

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And the television blizzard lights we looked around his place

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We found him cold there on the sofa a little smile across his face

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And though I tried with all my sadness somehow I could never weep

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For a man who looked to me like he died laughin' in his sleep

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Singin' a train song, drinkin' one last round

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   We made 'em leave his boots on on the day they laid him down

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He was a runaway locomotive out of his one track   mind

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Play a train song, play a train song

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Play a train