Songs:Jumpin' A Train (76272)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

Lyrics

The time, 11:33 on a Saturday, November, 1923
I'm synchronized, it's wise to keep my wits about me 
My name is Roy, a one-time choir boy 
Now I'm sixteen, man, and I'm nobody's toy 
I'm gonna take to the wind and get this town behind me 

(chorus)
I'm jumpin' a train leavin' town 
Howling whistle sounds 
And I'm not looking back -- gonna tie my fate to a train track 
Got a whiskey bottle tied in a corn sack 
Hold on world, I'm coming, I'm hitching a ride on a north-bound train 

Am I alive? Won't somebody tell me 
The Mississippi waves, what's it trying to sell me?
Mud in the banks, but no one gets thanks 
when it's tracked in through the doorway 

I am home grown, sewn into these britches 
But I'm not spending my life digging up ditches 
Like my Daddy did, and his Daddy did, and his Daddy before 

© Ellis Paul/End Construction Publishing (ASCAP) 1992 

Listener comments about Jumpin' A Train (76272)

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Jumpin' A Train by Ellis Paul SONG
on the album Say Something Buy Ellis Paul at CD-Baby Say Something	Request this song: Jumpin' A Train (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (34 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 2:54 Times played: 87 People hearing: 2354 Times requested: 75 First played: Jun 10th, 2004 Last played: Jul 18th, 2008 Previously played: Jun 10th, 2008 Song ID#: 76272	Listener rankings: 5 stars=Esther ♦ Jim ♦ Sol® ♦ Artmarcia ♦ Flying Trout ♦ jjascob ♦ Big Daddy Lee ♦ DogNut ♦ Bisbonian ♦ Elijah ♦ Reed ♦ RickHap ♦ Sharpston ♦ Oldcajun ♦ Lil Deb ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Jennifer ♦ Mert 4 stars=Dayglow ♦ Dean ♦ ReWoven ♦ Hoonah ♦ dolcefarniente ♦ Kelli ♦ Firewalk ♦ sparx ♦ CooleyBufo ♦ TundraDawg ♦ Dale G ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Kazookid ♦ E.D. Egg 3 stars=Cater 2 stars=Amishlaw