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Recorded live at The Vault, Sydney Australia, June 2011. Song originally released on "Hillbilly Moon - Volume One", 1994, Pelican Records Australia

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on a cold, moonless night
you can still see the sight
of a railroad yard that could tell a tale
hear the story of a train
and a brakeman who was slain
by a gang of no-goods fresh out of jail

I'm the brakeman from hell
I still ride the rails
and I can still hear that old whistle blow
though this train's turned to rust
and my body's turned to dust
my restless spirit just won't let go

feel those steel wheels turn
smell the coal char and burn
hear the pistons explode like dynamite
it must be 60 years
since this train's last engineer
but the brakeman's still aboard every night

ch

on a cold moonless night
you can still see the sight
of a railroad yard and its lonely ghost
hear the story of a train
that'll never run again
but the brakeman's forever at his post

ch

credits

from Hard Working People (2022), released November 1, 2022
Cletis Carr - vocals, guitar

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Cletis Carr

Singer-songwriter Cletis Carr knows a good yarn. Especially when paired with a good melody and some gritty slide guitar.

A careful student of the human condition, Carr's story-songs play out like mini-movies. Tales of joy, heartbreak, redemption, ordinary madness and everyday heroes are framed in a rich tapestry of acoustic steel-string guitar, dobro and lap slide.
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