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When I was living out in Plains, Kansas I would constantly hear the trains go by. There was a woman I met there who, like in my song, was running away from her problems. I just imagined the two thoughts together and came up with this ballad...
(background vocals by C. J. Hoose)
(background vocals by C. J. Hoose)
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Lyrics
"AT THE DEPOT"
by Michael J. Martin
VERSE I:
There's a woman at the depot
She's waiting on her train
To take her to California
To leave behind her pain...
She doesn't have much money
So I guess she'll make it by
Sell her soul for nothing
Until she's satisfied...
You see her mother died last autumn
Of a dreaded Heart attack
And the man she loved had left her
And said he's never coming back...
(She's crying at the depot...)
VERSE II:
She's crying at the depot
Her head between her legs
I walk on over to her
And ask her her name...
She tells me all her sorrows
And how things ought to be
She tells me that she's crying
Over distant memories...
She says I'm lonely and I'm tired
I have nowhere left to run
So I'm going to California
Until I reach that golden sun...
ENDING:
There's a woman at the depot
She's waiting on her train
To take her to California
To leave behind her pain...
by Michael J. Martin
VERSE I:
There's a woman at the depot
She's waiting on her train
To take her to California
To leave behind her pain...
She doesn't have much money
So I guess she'll make it by
Sell her soul for nothing
Until she's satisfied...
You see her mother died last autumn
Of a dreaded Heart attack
And the man she loved had left her
And said he's never coming back...
(She's crying at the depot...)
VERSE II:
She's crying at the depot
Her head between her legs
I walk on over to her
And ask her her name...
She tells me all her sorrows
And how things ought to be
She tells me that she's crying
Over distant memories...
She says I'm lonely and I'm tired
I have nowhere left to run
So I'm going to California
Until I reach that golden sun...
ENDING:
There's a woman at the depot
She's waiting on her train
To take her to California
To leave behind her pain...
Philip18
Thoughtful lyrics. Good vocal delivery. Backing works well. Not so sure about the sound effects during the song - interesting idea but for mine detracts a bit form the centrality of the vocal. (I'd have just left them as intro and coda). Sweeping harmonies. I enjoyed this one.