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Artist: Melanie Safka
Canonical path: /melanie-safka/long-train-running
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Long Train Running
Read Long Train Running lyrics by Melanie Safka on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Long Train Running
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Without love, where would you be now?
Without love, where would you be?
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love, where would you be?
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
Down around the corner
Half a mile from here
See them long trains running
And you watch them disappear
The pistons keeps on turning
Wheels go round and round
The steel rails are cold and hard
And the mountains they go down
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down around the tracks
She lost her home and her family
And she won't be comin' back
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
Where would you be?
Where would you be?
Without love, where would you now?
Without love
Without love, where would you now?
Without love
Well the Illinois central
And the southern central freight
You gotta keep on pushing mama
'Cause you know we're runnin' late
The pistons keeps on turning
And the wheels go round and round
And steel rails are cold and hard
And the mountains they go down
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
Where would you be?
Where would you be?
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the track
She lost her home and her family
And she won't be comin' back
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
Well the Illinois central
And the southern central freight
You gotta keep on pushing mama
'Cause you know we're runnin' late
Without love, where would you be right now?
Without love
Where would you be?
Where would you be?
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Melanie Safka performs "Long Train Running", and this lyric page sits inside the Melanie Safka catalog on LyroVerse.
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