Leroy Carr
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A traditional song which was a likely inspiration for The Train Song.
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How long, how long, has that evenin' train been gone?
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How long, how long, baby how long.
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Heard the whistle blowin', couldn't see the train
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Way down in my heart I had an achin' pain.
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How long, How long, how long.
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If I could holler like a mountain jack
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I'd go up on the mountain and call my baby back.
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I went up on the mountain, looked as far as I could see
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The man had my woman and the blues had poor me.
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I can see the green grass growin' on the hill
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But I ain't seen the green grass on a dollar bill.
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I'm goin' down to Georgia, been up in Tennessee
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So look me over baby, last you'll see of me.
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The brook runs into the river, river runs into the sea
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If I don't run into my baby, a train is goin' to run into me.
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How Long, How Long Blues
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| Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds |
