17 Minute

flowing river don’t mean much to me

nor wind from the north rattling the leaves

only steam and whistle and wheels that shake the joint

metal on metal on to the vanishing point

train pass by every 17 minute

each one got one of my old loves in it

oh I’m gonna miss that train

sweet jellyroll and whiskey in the jar

I rolled for the nine I got snake-eyes in my own backyard

but I’m alright with how she got free

my watch keeps good time and my knife keeps me shining company

train pass by…

train blow a whistle like baby’s loving

sweet in the leaving as it is in the coming

oh I’m gonna miss that…

stars fall from a quiver in the sky

by a pond I shiver splashed by the sound of goodbye

but everything is diamond everything is coal

‘round a blues bend there’s a bluegrass banjo roll

train pass by…

Points of Light