:A Thread For Posting Something You Wrote, in terms of lyrics. A little story about it would be cool too. I can't stand it when bands avoid explaining what their lyrics are about. Might as well not sing words unless you want people to hear them, and what you mean.
Story.
I worked in a pharmaceutical factory with white-washed walls for almost 4 years. I slacked off a lot in my final few months, and wrote this entirely on shift. While this song doesn't exactly describe my story, I think parts of me are in this. The wariness of production, especially millions of anti-depressant tablets per day, an official 101-things-to-do-before-I-die list (which I also "produced" on company time) and a 45-minute train ride that it precipitated, changed my life. This song came at a time when I realized first-hand that happiness was not as inherent to wives, houses and full-time jobs as I had thought.
Where No Road Goes
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One time I had a lover, who meant the world to me
She softened up my hardened heart, nobody cared like she
But when I caught her making love to, that landlord Donny Walt,
I lost my home, no place to go
Cause love will keep you begging at the door
Until that lover don't love you no more
I spent some time in Philly with my one friend, alcohol
I got a job within the line, and had lose it all
That haggard man on Ritter St. heard this and broke my fall
Said "There's a home where no road goes"
Cause work will leave you tired of the day
Until you drink all your money away
We caught out just past midnight on a westbound hopper car
I knew that though my home drew near I'd have to travel far
The jolts of slack ticked by for hours and sleep crept into me
Lonesome train, carry me home
Lonesome train, carry me on
Through the dusk and through the dawn
Lonesome train, carry me on
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Through the mountains, coast to coast
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Well a month went by and we kept on, each city but a break
When at last my lone companion wished me luck and went his way
And then I knew that what I sought, had been the steel beneath
Lonesome train, you are my home
Lonesome train, carry me on
Through the dusk and through the dawn
Lonesome train, carry me on
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Through the mountains, coast to coast
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Cause love will leave you begging at a door
Until that lover don't love you no more
And work will leave you tired of the day
Until you drink all your money away
Story.
I worked in a pharmaceutical factory with white-washed walls for almost 4 years. I slacked off a lot in my final few months, and wrote this entirely on shift. While this song doesn't exactly describe my story, I think parts of me are in this. The wariness of production, especially millions of anti-depressant tablets per day, an official 101-things-to-do-before-I-die list (which I also "produced" on company time) and a 45-minute train ride that it precipitated, changed my life. This song came at a time when I realized first-hand that happiness was not as inherent to wives, houses and full-time jobs as I had thought.
Where No Road Goes
===
One time I had a lover, who meant the world to me
She softened up my hardened heart, nobody cared like she
But when I caught her making love to, that landlord Donny Walt,
I lost my home, no place to go
Cause love will keep you begging at the door
Until that lover don't love you no more
I spent some time in Philly with my one friend, alcohol
I got a job within the line, and had lose it all
That haggard man on Ritter St. heard this and broke my fall
Said "There's a home where no road goes"
Cause work will leave you tired of the day
Until you drink all your money away
We caught out just past midnight on a westbound hopper car
I knew that though my home drew near I'd have to travel far
The jolts of slack ticked by for hours and sleep crept into me
Lonesome train, carry me home
Lonesome train, carry me on
Through the dusk and through the dawn
Lonesome train, carry me on
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Through the mountains, coast to coast
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Well a month went by and we kept on, each city but a break
When at last my lone companion wished me luck and went his way
And then I knew that what I sought, had been the steel beneath
Lonesome train, you are my home
Lonesome train, carry me on
Through the dusk and through the dawn
Lonesome train, carry me on
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Through the mountains, coast to coast
Lonesome train, I am your ghost
Cause love will leave you begging at a door
Until that lover don't love you no more
And work will leave you tired of the day
Until you drink all your money away