Name: Northbound Train
Duration: P00H03M52S
Description: Music and Lyrics © 2020,by Bert Lee, All Rights Reserved

Northbound Train

from Salt For Silver by Bert Lee

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Riding on a northbound train.
Leave the south behind.
Rolling through the blue gray dawn.
Feel the past unwind.

Hills and valleys streets and alleys,
little towns all in a row
people I may never meet
in places I may never go.

Sometimes feel just like a gambler,
watch my fortunes break,
or just like some weary rambler
wondering which fork to take.

Got my backpack and my guitar,
pocket change to pay my way.
Bought myself a one way fare,
I'm going home and there I'll stay.

Living up to what I said I'd do,
Girl you know I'm going home to you.

Play some changes as I'm rolling
looking for some words to sing
take my rhythm from the train tracks
wondering what the muse will bring.

Fellow travelers on this night car
asking me what songs I play
they sometimes strike a harmony
as we pass the rattling miles away.

Living up to what I said I'd do,
Girl you know I'm going home to you.
Giving up the games I tried to play,
coming home to you and there I'll stay.

Riding on a northbound train.
Leave the south behind.
Rolling through the blue gray dawn.
Feel the past unwind.

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from Salt For Silver, released February 10, 2020

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Bert Lee Brooklyn, New York

Bert Lee has been writing songs since the mid 1960's, and because of just dumb great luck has had the opportunity to be mentored by a bunch of great composers.

Classical, folk, country, swing, rock, electronic and downright experimental music has been flowing out of him for decades.

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