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Week 28 - Red Mountain Train (230709)

from Song A Week, Vol. 8 by James Tristan Redding

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I was born up in the hills
And I know just how it feels
When the sun won't seem to shine
For a long lonely time

So the rain keeps pourin' down
And sometimes the only sound
Is the water on the roof
While I lay here missin' you

Red mountain train take me away
Where the air is bright and fair all night and day
Take my spirit way out west
Where that copper sun will set
In that day my hope awaits
Red mountain train take me away

I may die among these pines
And my body they may find
When the clouds all roll away
By the clear light of day

When my trouble is all gone
By the pale light of morn'
Save my bones a window seat
All aboard set me free

Red mountain train take me away
Where the air is bright and fair all night and day
To where my lover did not leave
And my heart's not on my sleeve
In that day my hope awaits
Red mountain train take me away

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from Song A Week, Vol. 8, released February 12, 2024

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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