Story Behind The Song
I wrote it when I was about twenty-two while subletting a room on Del Play in Isla Vista, CA for the summer from a friend of mine. I was re-cooperating from a shoulder surgery, and decided to spend a month in the college town of Santa Barbara before scho
Song Description
Modern day "swing low sweet chariot"
| Song Length |
4:28 |
Genre |
Folk - Religious, Blues - Gospel |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful |
Subject |
Peace |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Can you hear the train a running
Half past quarter to three
It?s got a message from the man upstairs
He?s coming for me
Refrain:
Now I?ve been waiting my whole life long
I been singing the same ole song
Come on Lord take me by the hand
And take my soul from this land
No place left to run to
No place left to hide
And a man ain?t a man when he steps inside
His own shadow
The final hour?s approaching
I?m falling fast asleep
Now if I die before I wake
Now friends don?t you weep