Long Black Train lyrics

(Josh Turner/Pat McLaughlin)

It wasn't even in my plan

A week in the sun and some fun in the sand
I was really only passing through

It all began on ocean drive

Standin' in line for a burger and fries

Coincidently so were you

We took a quiet corner booth

Didn't plan on hangin' out in Florida

Never was to good at standin still

Suddenly it's lookin' like I'm gonna

(Mark Narmore)

If you've got a little girl, you better take the time

To go to her tea parties and give her a piggyback ride

Be a dragon or a dinosaur every chance you get
Cause one day you can bet

She'll go on you

Before you turn can around

And it's so lonley watchin' that

Fast train leavin' town

Better cherish her every second of your life

I have been around

This old block before

I've walked into

Abruptly closin' doors
Schooled in hard knocks; I've learned a lot

'bout how a heart can break

I might not know what love is

but i know what it ain't

It ain't layin in the dark and wonderin' why she hasn't called

and now it's 2 AM

It ain't drivin' by her house to find her wrapped up in the arms

There's a long black train coming down the line

Feeding off the souls that are lost and crying

Rails of sin only evil remains

Watch out brother for that long black train

Look to the heavens you can look to the sky

You can find redemption staring back into your eyes

There is protection and there's peace the same

Burning your ticket for that long black train

(Harley Allen/Don Sampson)

I sure do like your cadillac

Brings lots of memories back

I always felt like a star
Drivin' around in that car

'Cause I had one one time

Oh I had one one time

You probaly think I'm lyin'

But I had one one time

Have you got a job that you love

Each day you can't wait to get up

You feel proud when you draw your pay

(Jim Croce)

Uptowns got it hustlers

The bowery's got its bums

42nd street got big jim walker
He's a pool shootin' son of a gun

Yeah he's big and dumb as a man can come

But he's stronger than a country hoss

And when the bad folks all get together at night

You know they all call big jim boss

And they say

You don't tug on superman's cape

You don't spit into the wind

Woke up at 5am, put on my camouflage

Wiped off my .243 and fired up my Dodge

Headed out to my ol' deerstand back in the pines

Gonna get me a ten point buck with 11 inch tines, yeah

Settled in hidin' from the wind, waitin' on the sun

You might end up being my supper if you get in the way of my gun

It's so still I can hear the train from 10 miles away

Some men dream of crossin’ oceans

Some men dream one day to fly

Spend their whole lives out there floatin’

On the water and the sky

Some men dream of building fortunes

Some men dream of havin’ fame

Nothin’ else is more important

Than makin’ money and a name

CHORUS:

But In My Dreams I see

A little sky blue house

Beside a small stream

I miss you so much

I dont know what to do

Cant bear the thought of my life without you

Please baby, lets unburn all our bridges

Whatever it was that tore us apart

Can surely be healed with forgiving heart

Please baby, lets unburn all our bridges

Tempers where lost, Emotions ran high

Feelings where wounded on the night of goodbye

We said some things, we didnt mean

(Bobby Braddock)

You talk about your feeling

Sometimes I keep mine to myself
But that doesn't mean your foolish

And you know I don't want anybody else

And you can say I love you

Like hello and goodbye.

Well I don't say it very often

But you know I'll love you till the day I die

That's just the difference

Between a woman and a man

Thank god for that difference

she was out last night till way past ten

same thing all over again but with my best friend

why'd she wanna make me so mad

I treat that woman good
Lord, I need a good woman bad

Now when I asked her to go to Sunday school

she went and called me a damned old fool

Now i don't understand

Why'd she wanna make me so sad

I treat that bad woman good

Lord I need a good woman bad