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Graniteville

from On Promenade by Doug Burr

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Graniteville

Just a boxcar flower, used to follow your daddy
Another freighter in from Cincinnatti
You were always watchin, watchin' the train roll by
Yeah, you know he loved you, everything he carried
Another red eye, Mobile, Albany
You were always watchin, watchin the train roll by

Chorus:
So tell me whatís going on in Graniteville
Catch a whole town underneath a sleeping pill
Itís a tired little city, we grew up together
With your picture looking out your grandmothersí window
Thereís a black train rolling through the middle of the night
If it finds us here, well thereís nowhere to hide
And if we ever wake up in Graniteville
You know how much I love you and I always will

Tryin so hard just to get away
Some people want to die in a quiet place
But everybodyís always watching, watching the trains roll by
You have a place to go and itís never enough
A little heart a-payin' toll, but the trainís in a rush
Out of town, itís always leaving, watching the train roll by

Bridge:
But every town is small when it comes for you
Just like everyoneís asleep when itís passing through
Oh tonight I heard the screaming of a million tons

So wake up pretty baby, turn the light on
Tonight thereís something different, something gone wrong
Weíve been sleeping too long, so long

Refrain:
Wake up, baby, theres a train a-comin'
Don't you leave me or forsake me
Wake up, baby, there's a train a-comin'
Don't you know how much I love you
Wake up, baby, and hear the screechin',
There's a whole town drifting off to dreamin'
Wake up, baby there's a train a-comin
Winter's leavin', Spring has sprung and
Wake up, baby, hear the screamin'
Whole town dies while it's still sleepin'
Wake up, baby, there's a train a-comin'
Don't forget, you know I love you

credits

from On Promenade, released August 29, 2007
-Doug Burr: vocals, guitar
-Todd Pertll: Weissenborn
-Glen Squibb: Wurlitzer
-Andy Odom: bass
-Rob Sanchez: drums
-Amanda Shire: fiddle
-Amanda Leggett: background vocals

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Doug Burr Denton, Texas

"If there are things bigger than sex and laughs, then we damn well better sing about it. If there is a God in heaven even singing against him makes more sense than the hair metal with all its soft porn videos...Burr’s albums have the heaviness of a novel. You don’t read Faulkner for entertainment. Some authors are too full of gravity. You don’t read them at the beach. You read them at the grave." ... more

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