Hem - Betting On Trains

No Word From Tom / 2006-02-07 1. All The Pretty Horses 2. Rainy Night In Georgia 3. Radiation Vibe 4. The Present 5. Cincinnati Traveler 6. Betting On Trains 7. So. Central Rain 8. Tennessee Waltz 9. Sailor 10. Idle (The Rabbit Song) 11. Crazy Arms 12. Oh No 13. All That I'm Good For 14. The City And The Traveler 15. Lazy Eye 16. The Beautiful Sea 17. The Golden Day Is Dying

Betting On Trains

(Dan Messe)

Someone's waving
Someone's counting
Someone's leaving

There's fifty dollars on this pony
Chase him down these tracks
Well won't nobody take my business
I'll teach you how to come back

I saw one hundred miles of steel over wood and let her go
I filled my pockets up with coal black with mud and let her go

I'll throw my hat off when I beat you
Find it when you're gone

There's straw and cotton around the station
I'll make myself a new one

I held a silver dollar tight inside my fist and let you go
I've counted all the things I've lost that point to this and let you go

The whistle's sounding
You are leaving