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Artist: Laura Nyro
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Been on a Train
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Been on a Train
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Been on a train
Baby, did you hear the whistle blow?
Been on a train north
Baby, did you hear the whistle blow?
I saw a man take a needleful of hard drug
And die slow
Been on a train
And I'm never gonna be the same
There's a bright light in the north wind
Gonna bring you home
Mister there's a bright light in the north wind
It's gonna bring you home
He said: Sweet darling woman
Leave me alone
Been on a train
And I'm never gonna be the same
You got more tracks on you, baby
Than the tracks of this train
You got no guts, no gospel
And you got no brains
He said: I got just one thing
Gonna soothe my pain?
No, no
Damn you, mister
And I dragged him out the door
No, no
Damn you, mister
And I dragged him out the door
He died in the morning sun
And I won't go north no more
I suspect there's a train
Going north in a month or two
I still hear his words
He said: There's nothing left to say or do
But mister you were wrong
And I'm gonna sing my song for you
Been on a train
And I'm never gonna be the same
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