Spoken: a man gets on a train and starts having thoughts about his past, and a lot of references to old Procol Harum songs go through his head.)
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'I'd been wandering around Manhattan for a couple of days, kinda lost; suddenly I found myself in Grand Central Station. I looked up at the board: there it was -- 'Last Train To Niagara 1:15': I just had to get on it. I had to get up there and find the answers ...'
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(Salty Dog train noise / stomping waltz-time riff from In Held)
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On the last train to Niagara, on the fast train to the Falls
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I was heading into danger, I was climbing up the walls
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I was feeling kind of empty, feeling kind of bleak
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I was twice removed from yesterday, but halfway through next week
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Well I tuned into the radio and flipped across the dial
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I was searching for the missing chord, I'd missed it for awhile
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Then they played a song from long ago, a picture through the glass
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The story of a Spanish brave whose light was fading fast
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(Conquistador intro, post-Edmonton)
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The tracks were humming harder now, the room began to sway
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The music turned much louder now, as the ceiling flew away (+AWSoP, + ASD)
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A crowd of drunken sailor boys came in upon the sea
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The Captain wanted action fast, the crowd was getting mean
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(Climbing scale from Whaling Stories)
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Then I smoked another cigarette, and fixed another drink
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When you're out there in deep water, you just can't afford to sink
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I was halfway through the looking glass, halfway up to Mars
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It was getting close to morning time, somewhere 'neath the stars
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(Excerpts from Strangers in Space, The Worm and the Tree, and the climbing theme from Rambling On)
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Just then a passing mermaid came and took me by the hand
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She gently soothed my fevered brow and led me back to land
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When I heard the sound of laughter, woke up upon my knees
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I was heading to that Preacher man, to give me my reprieve
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(fragment of The Devil Came from Kansas)
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Well the preacher-man said, he said 'Son, you won't find favour on the dark side of the street
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Better straighten up your overcoat, and get back on your feet
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No use looking to the future, if you keep on coming back,
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And you know you're going nowhere, if your shoes don't fit your hat.'
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(Excerpt from Homburg)
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On the last train to Niagara, on the fast train to the Falls
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I was heading into danger, climbing up the walls
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I was feeling kind of empty, I was feeling kind of bleak
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I was twice removed from yesterday, but halfway through next week.
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On the last train to Niagara, on the fast train to the Falls
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The last train to Niagara, the fast train to the Falls
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Last train to Niagara, fast train to the Falls
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Last Train to Niagara
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