Accident On The Coast Starlight
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Lyrics
I was riding the train headed northward A rainy November night We came to rest short of the Salinas station The darkness was cut by some flashing red lights And after a while, the conductor Came on the speakers to say That the Starlight had struck a pedestrian For somebody, this was their day We had no way of knowing who perished Or the reason they'd been on those tracks But diesel train engines announce their intentions The rarely sneak up on somebody's back No moonlight gleaned on the Union Pacific Tracks that could carry us home Just the red flashing ambulance there to haul off One more nameless, unfortunate one ♪ None of us passengers felt it Who knows if the pedestrian did Just a small glimpse of white And the engineer's fright Eight hundred yards of a long, torturous, skid No moonlight gleaned on the Union Pacific Tracks that could carry us home Just the red flashing ambulance there to haul off One more nameless, unfortunate one
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- Duration
- 03:01
- Tempo
- 206 BPM