Train Tracks Lyrics

Train Tracks
(Stradlin)

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Izzy: "That's the only song which is really autobiographical in a nutshell. Where I grew up in Indiana, we used to live by the railroad. That's where we hung out and smoked pot. If you weren't in school or working, that's where you were...down by the train track."

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Train Tracks Lyrics

A drunken bum
Took a hit down by the train track
I hear the whistle's song
This broken kid
We made a big dash
Really packed a killer
A change of time
Packed up and left
Goodbye the train track
You're lucky if I do
We'll go west
And get some big cash
We're lookin' back to see the way
Just keep a movin'

You keep away I say
You got to change your backdrop
You got to keep a base
Ten foot tall, lookin' up
From the bottom of a beer glass
It's too insane, in my blood
My hand is showin' like a road map
So I got on to catch a breeze
I hated to go back
But when I think
of all those times I just love the highlife
Just keep a rollin' Just
keep a movin' I say
You got to change your backdrop
You got to keep a base

I said, oh it's so clear
Oh it's so clear
Oh it's so clear

Said, I said

If you crawl to get on up
You're gonna level and get there
The feeling's gone
And you better get cleaned up
Start thinkin' of a new thing
'Cause now I see the other said
I done paid back, yes I did
This ain't livin' on a train track
On a train track