Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips - Phoebe Snow songtekst
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I climbed on board through a wide open door Just as she started to roll, And I rode so light through the long summer night In the arms of my own Phoebe Snow. (chorus) (spoken) Many a night I've sat by the fire In a circle of stone silent men, And heard the sagebrush whistle and pop And the coffee boil in the can. The bottoms were filled with a cool river wind And the treetops chasing the moon And I knew without saying to take my guitar And play up some slow gentle tune. I played up a face I knew long ago And the song was the sound of a name, I knew without looking that every man there Was each of them doing the same. Then I played up some hands so pale and small With a touch as light as the rain, And I knew without looking that every man there Was each of 'em feeling the same. Then I played up the booze and the holes in the shoes Of a man whose life is a cage, And all the things done to make a man run, The hard luck and failures of age - Then I stopped with a crash - we looked into the ash, Helpless with longing and rage. Now a traveling life might seem all right, A life without worry or care; Always up and always out and always going somewhere, But I'll tell you, friend-it's not where you are But your reason for being there. (sung) And then I awoke as the day broke, And gazed out over the plain, Thinking as how I'm better off now Being in love with a train. (chorus)