Steve Louw - Train Don't Run
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Published 2021-09-23
From the album "Headlight Dreams", released 7 May 2021.
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THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG
My grandfather was a railroadman and in the 1930s my father rode trains looking for work. To me, trains symbolise our attempts to bend nature to our will – and we’re seeing that trying to do that will never work. Silence will always return to the plains, the wind will blow, tracks will crumble and the earth will breathe again. This song has the wide open plains in it; dry cracked earth and a broken land.
The song builds from a driving acoustic guitar and hypnotic bassline to a haunting guitar solo by Rob McNeeley. The production (by Kevin Shirley) brings out the relentlessness of the song and of what we inflict on our planet.
TRAIN DON’T RUN
(Recorded February 27, 2020)
The wind blows across empty plains
That hold so many bones
The rails glow years since the rain
Horses roam on broken stones
Train don’t run round here no more
Train is gone for us all
Put down a coin on the track
Saw silver turn through black
Seeds thrown all come back
Haunt the earth broken and cracked
Train don’t run round here no more
Train won’t come for us all
I can help you cross if you’ll let me
Spirits roam across this broken land
What’s been lost you can see
Count the cost can’t understand
Train don’t run round here no more
Train is gone for us all
All Comments (9)
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Awesome brother!!
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I'm loving your music and feel. A half century ago, I was a switchman. 😊
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Love die song!!
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Wonderful! The guitar solo by Rob McNelley is awesome. David Gilmour fans will love it!
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Beautiful song!
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I can hear a Kevin Shirley influence in the solo, that reminds me a lot of Joe Bonamassa. Sure has come a long way since "The Heart's The Best Part" that I still have and treasure on vinyl...
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Love it. Really deep and meaningful.
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Hi Steve. Brilliant as usual, I'm really enjoying your new stuff! I've been a fan since ANR and loved ALL your Big Sky albums. I'm busy writing a blog on a road trip I recently did to the Dolphin coast and wondered if it would be okay if I used a few of your videos.
