Saw a freight train yesterday
It was chugging, plugging away
'Cross a river trestle so high
Just a boxcar blue
Showing daylight clear through
Just an empty trainload of sky
Well, it hit me and it hurt me
Made my good humor desert me
For a moment I was tempted to fly
To the Devil or the Lord
As it hung there like a sword
Just an empty trainload of sky
Was it spirit? Was it solid?
Did I ditch that class in college?
Pulled the curtain from my eye
I said hey hey, my my
Saw a freight train yesterday
It was chugging, plugging away
Just an empty trainload of sky
Just an empty trainload of sky
Just an empty trainload of sky
The lyrics EMPTY TRAINLOAD OF SKY of GILLIAN WELCH is also present in the album Woodland (2024)
Gillian Welch (nata il 2 ottobre 1967 a New York City) è una cantautrice americana. Si esibisce con il suo partner musicale, il chitarrista David Rawlings. Il loro stile musicale scarno e oscuro, che combina elementi di musica appalachiana, bluegrass e americana, è stato descritto da The New Yorker come «al contempo innovativo e vagamente reminiscente di forme rurali del passato». Welch ha pubblicato sette album in studio con Rawlings, tra cui "Revival" (2001), considerato uno dei migliori album di musica americana degli anni 2000. I loro brani sono caratterizzati da testi poetici e melodie malinconiche, spesso incentrati su temi come la perdita, l'amore e la vita rurale. Tra i brani più rappresentativi figurano "Red Clay Rambler", "Look at Miss Ohio" e "The Way the World Goes 'Round".
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