Saturday, March 24, 2007

train songs (vol 1)

'I still hear trains at night, when the wind is right'

this is a firedoor never leave open - the Weakerthans

'slept all night in the cedar grove
I was born to ramble, born to rove
some men are searchin for the holy grail
but there ain't nothin sweeter
than riding the rails'

cold water - Tom Waits

'this same goddamm train
glides soft through the rain
and I sit and dizzily wait'

minute - the Lawrence Arms

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brings to mind "the wreck of the 'ol 97" a train song from the 19th century.

Alex (aslinth) said...

Is this a game? Can I play? (or did I miss a greater point?)

"On the Train" by Basement Jaxx "Broken Train" by Beck
"Strangers On A Train" by Dan the Automator
"Trains On Top Of The Game" by Prefuse 73
"I Love the Train" by The Real Tuesday Weld
"Breakdown" by Jack Johnson (the Handsomeboy Modeling School version, of course)

"And, I need this here
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown
I need this here
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown
I wanna break on down
But I can't stop now"

There is also a glaring omission of trains in The Arcade Fire's 'No Cars Go'. It must be a place where trains DO go...