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Funeral Train

from Better Angels Radio by Pete Sinjin

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lyrics

Funeral Train

Hop up Johnny come look come see
Here comes the train carrying Bobby Kennedy
Underneath a flag in a box of wood
There’s a slow train rolling through the neighborhood…

Bells are ringing and the Woolworth’s closed
Cars pulling over by the side of the road
The whole town’s standing in the dust and weeds
Trying to get a view of Bobby Kennedy

How I wish that
It would rain
The sun’s so hot
The sky’s ablaze
On the Funeral Train

Ever since the news come down that night
Momma’s in the kitchen sitting there crying
She held me so close that I couldn’t breath
I got so scared I cried myself to sleep

Dreamt I ran down
Deserted Main
Heard the wail, but I..
Couldn’t find
The Funeral Train

And Summer’s almost gone
Before it had begun
It’s disappearing down the track
And it’s never coming back…

Brother left the house at the crack of dawn
He’s barely said a word since Viet Nam
Saw him later on the train platform
Standing in the heat in his uniform

Saw his eyes fill up with pain
Raised his hand one last time
To salute the Funeral Train

Hop up Johnny, come run with me…
There’s a slow train rolling towards the cemetery
Blacks and whites running next to me
Waving bye bye to Bobby Kennedy

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from Better Angels Radio, track released September 1, 2010

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