Kevin Welch - Long Cold Train lyrics

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Written By: John Hadley

It's a long cold train, mamas in pain

daddy throws his hands up thinking up a name

for an earth-bound baby

from mama to a pullman chair

daddy says come on baby, come on baby

come on baby, come on baby

the baby came crying

but the heaven bound mama can't hear.

The engineer man, he hears the news

train whistle's blowing soft mama blues

porter shut the window

porter draw the pullman shade

the train goes crying, engineer's crying

papa he's crying, baby he's crying

mama goes dying,

it's mama for a baby trade.......

It's a long cold train, papa's in pain

Johnny's been thinking about the story 'bout the train

and his bygone mama

and the night that he and papa cried

Johnny says come on papa, come on papa

come on papa, come on papa

papa can't hear him

papa let the train roll by

Now it's johhny at the window in his bedroom shoes

train whistle's blowing soft papa blues

johnny shut your window

johnny shut your bedroon shade

h .e says goodbye papa, goodbye papa

goodbye papa, goodbye papa

come on train, carry young johnny away......

It's a long cold train, johnny's in pain

he goes to the station with his mind in flames

lay down johnny

with your heart on the long steel track

he says come on train. come on train

come on train, come on train

johnny's going to heaven

he ain't ever coming back

Can't you feel the train coming with it's cold steel shoes

train whistle blowing soft Johnny blues

Jesus is at the window, he's opening up the window shade

Johhny sees his mama,he says hello mama

johnny sees his papa, he says hello papa

hello heaven, goodbye long cold train