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Fred Gillen Jr. - Conversation On A Train

from Gone Gone Gone by Fred Gillen Jr

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I co-wrote this with Chris Merola and Andy LaDue when we were the Rain Deputies, but most of it was mine. We were writing in the room together.

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I met her on a train, she was sitting, looking at the rain
I asked her if I could join her party
she said she was alone and that she was going home
or at least she was looking to try and find one
We talked about our plans, our total lack of plans
and the places we’d seen on our journeys
I said I was alone and my destination was unknown
I asked her if she’d care to join me

Do I remind you of your youth?
Do I remind you that the truth isn’t lurking very far away from a conversation on a train?

When the train had stopped and we’d gotten off
we saw the lights in the distance of a carvinal
and she said “oh, if that could be my life, the rides and smells and smiles every night,
then my life would truly be a miracle.”

Do I remind you of your youth?
Do I remind you that the truth isn’t lurking very far away from a conversation on a train?

I said “why don’t you take a little ride with me,
we could jump off this train somewhere and finally be free.”
The sun in the sky and you and I
we’ll fly into the sunset like a Hollywood movie

Do I remind you of your youth?
Do I remind you that the truth isn’t lurking very far away from a conversation on a train?

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from Gone Gone Gone, track released April 1, 2006

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Fred Gillen Jr Athens, New York

NYFA grant recipient Fred Gillen Jr has released 12 solo albums, and 6 ep’s, has toured all over the U.S. and Europe solo, and Nepal/ India with Greenheart. His songs have been on ABC's "All My Children," NPR's "Car Talk," CMJ, and his version of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home" was featured on Pete Seeger's "Pete Remembers Woody." He is also a founding member of THE TRIKE rock trio. ... more

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