Money Train

Lyrics

Money Train © 2008 T. LaFlesh I didn't always live this way, not so long ago I was a hard-workin' boy, with dreams of my own But I was livin' in a shack, with just the clothes on my back and nothin' more. Then everything changed, one day that money train went by Goin' just a little bit too fast, a minute later, heard the crash On that big turn just about a half a mile down the line from my old shack So I ran down to see if there was somethin' I could do But the engineer was dead, and I guess the brakeman too Through the smoke and the haze, my eyes could not believe that it was true, But it's no lie . . . . There was gold on the hillside, money floatin' in the creek, Somebody's gonna hafta clean this up, I thought it might as well be me I had a pocket full of cash, gold nuggets in a sack When off in the east I heard a thunderin' crack. . . The sheriff and his men, not a smile on his face "Robbin' trains ain't something we take kindly in this place, I hate to say it, boy, you're goin' down in disgrace!" LEAD BREAK Took me down to the courthouse, trial lasted just a week, The jury found me guilty, but the judged, he disagreed I don't think you killed nobody, tell you what I'm gonna do Just gonna give you ten to twenty, cause the law says I have to. Fourteen years, I spent workin' in the yard, breakin' rocks up for new railbeds, and bakin' in the sun I turned thirty-fvive the day they finally made me a free man I went back to my old shack, cause that's where it all began There was gold on the hillside, money floatin' in the creek, Somebody's gonna hafta clean this up, I thought it might as well be me What the sheriff didn't know, when he made them charges stick Was that I had one load already, I was on my second trip There was gold on the hillside, money floatin' in the creek, Somebody's gonna hafta clean this up, I thought it might as well be me I burned down my old shck, found a place out by the lake Now I'm fishin'everyday and countin' money by the stack There was gold on the hillside, money floatin' in the creek . . . . ..

Credits

Lyrics Credits: T. LaFlesh

Music Credits: Hank Thomas

Producer Credits: Hank Thomas

Publisher Credits: ThunderHead Productions

Performance Credits: Hank Thomas and Silent Thunder

Label Credits: ThunderHead Records

Description

Short Song Description: Fate smiles, then frowns, then smiles again. Ahhh, the money train . . .

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Metadata

Song Length: 3:45

Primary Genre: Country-Rock

Secondary Genre: Country-Honky Tonk

Tempo: Medium Fast (131 - 150)

Subject Matter 1: Happiness

Mood 1: In High Spirits