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The Southbound Train

from Sing While You Can by Blue Ribbon Tea Company

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Remastered from our early Railroad Boy album
Bill Kostelec - vocals, guitar
Kathy Kostelec - mandolin

lyrics

The Southbound Train by Kathy Kostelec
(c) December 10, 2003

I’m the sound of pain
I’m the southbound train
Hear me rumbling on the cold night steel
If you see me coming run the other way
Or your fate I am sure to seal

Once you climb aboard there’s no turning back
And no stops along the way
Till you find yourself lying dark and cold
In a deep and a lonely grave

One by one the years will go rolling by
And many sites this train may find
But when you look outside all your eyes can see
Is your true love left behind

When my wheels stop running, when I loose my load
When my lights no longer shine
You may find your love on a golden shore
Only darkness will be mine

I’m the sound of pain
I’m the southbound train
Hear me rumbling on the cold night steel
If you see me coming run the other way
Or your fate I am sure to seal
Or your fate I am sure to seal.

credits

from Sing While You Can, track released April 11, 2023
Recorded and produced by Bill and Kathy Kostelec
Kostelec Music Publishing
Kathy Kostelec - song, mandolin
Bill Kostelec - vocals, guitar
photo by Kathy winter 2005/2006

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Blue Ribbon Tea Company Spokane, Washington

"evocative" "unconventional" "Woody-Guthrie-esque"

Illinois factory towns, Kentucky heartache, Spokane history...

Singing their stories at festivals, venues, on Public Radio, and on the front porch.

Bill & Kathy Kostelec are "a welcomed flashback to the original American Folk music movement..the real deal." musician and radio host/producer Bob Rice
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