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Artist: Uncle Tupelo
Canonical path: /uncle-tupelo/train
Related lyric paths: 6
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Train
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Train
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A quarter after two
Sittin' in my car, watching
Waiting on a train
Ninety-seven flatcars
Loaded down with troop trucks and tanks
Rolling by
I'm twenty-one, and I'm scared as hell
I quit school, I'm healthy as a horse
Because of all that I'll be the first one to die in a war
The whole damn town was sleeping
Dreaming the same dream
The radio was playing
Roger McGuinn singing
"To each and every thing there's a time and a season
I'm twenty-one, and I'm scared as hell
I quit school, I'm healthy as a horse
Because of all that I'll be the first one to die in a war
Yes, I have the right to say
We all die anyway
But I'd just like to know
Where does my time go
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