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Free Train Running

(TJR)
July 30, 2004
TJR / Kathy Barrett / Eddie Jones

From the CD Mixed Emotions:

This song is from my second CD "Mixed Emotions". Mixed Emotions is half electric and half acoustic. "Free Train Running" is from the acoustic side. It basically symbolizes my need to make music. It's like a freight train running through my head - Gonna Keep on runnin' runnin' till I'm dead.

FREE TRAIN RUNNING

THERE'S A FREIGHT TRAIN RUNNING
RUNNING THOUGH MY HEAD
IT'S GONNA KEEP ON RUNNING RUNNING TILL I'M DEAD

SO DON'T TRY TO KNOCK ME DOWN
CAUSE I'LL KNOCK YOUR SOUL INTO ANOTHER TOWN
CAUSE I AIN'T GOT MORE TIME
TO BE MESSING AROUND WITH THE SAME OLD RHYMES

THERE'S A FREIGHT TRAIN RUNNING
RUNNING THROUGH MY BRAIN
GONNA TAKE ME DOWN
DOWN THE PATH OF FAME

AND WHEN MY JOURNEY'S DONE
I'M GONNA TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE PRIZE I'VE WON
GONNA THROUGH IT OUT THE DOOR
GONNA PRAY TO MY MAKER, FALL ON THE FLOOR


THERE'S A FREE WORLD KNOCKING
KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
THERE'S A FREE WORLD KNOCKING
KNOCKING AT MY DOOR

AND IF IT CALLS MY NAME
I'M GONNA LEAVE TOMORROW ON THE VERY NEXT TRAIN
WITH A SIX STRING IN MY HAND
GONNA BURN WITH SOUL LIKE A ROCKING MAN
GONNA TAKE THAT TRAIN TO ANOTHER LAND
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