Story Behind The Song
I was in a marriage that was not evolving. My frustration led to this song.
Song Description
Deliberate, gently defiant, featuring Autoharp, 3 part female vocals, saxophone, train sound effects, cultivating a sense of hope and liberation.
| Song Length |
4:25 |
Genre |
Folk - Rural, Folk - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Change, Courage |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1980 - 1989 |
Lyrics
Train Tracks By Einen
Train tracks running side by side
Always at arms length
Turning climbing with the other
Never failing strength
Never touching where they're going no one knows
Blazing sun or ice and snow
Still together they will go
Those two tracks of the rail road
Green grass grows to a withered stalk
There's no more fight in me
No more urgency to talk, just a quiet misery
Every time I tried to reach you distance would remain
In a parallel existence two tracks for the train
Train tracks no longer lay in the bed made long ago
No steel wheels turning 'round, no hollow whistle blows
The heartbeat of the ties that bind no longer tie me down
I'll shade the sun and melt the snow
Off to higher ground I go
And leave behind this railroad.