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Coal Train 1 (Live) Lyrics by Scott McClanahan

Take Me Home: A Concert for West Virginia, Vol.1 (Recorded Live)

2017

Sometimes at night I just sat up in my bed and listened to all the mountain sounds
I'd leave a little night light on and listen to radio stations snappin' and poppin' from as far away as New York or Atlanta
And sometimes I sat up with a candle light reading books by writers whose names I didn't even know how to pronounce
So right before sleep I might shut my eyes and listen to the dogs barking outside
Far away dogs barking so loud like a ghost is walking among them
Sometimes I wished I was one of these dogs
And sometimes I wished that ghost was me
And then at 11:30 the coal train came blowing through town just like every night
I listened as it blew and whistled and whispered
I imagine that coal train going somewhere just as I imagine it now
To Norfolk or the north and then afterwards Japan
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Scott McClanahan

Scott McClanahan

About “Coal Train 1 (Live)” by Scott McClanahan

Read the complete lyrics to "Coal Train 1 (Live)" by Scott McClanahan from the album "Take Me Home: A Concert for West Virginia, Vol.1 (Recorded Live)" in 2017. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Country.

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"Coal Train 1 (Live)" appears on "Take Me Home: A Concert for West Virginia, Vol.1 (Recorded Live)" in 2017.

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