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This Train

from Back Home by Tret Fure

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This train only runs on a one way track
Once you head east, there’s no turning back
Once you’re on board you can ride for days
Through the evening fog and the morning haze
But there’s no getting off once you’re on the rail
Come to win and come to fail
The big wheels rumble through the frozen night
Past the heartbreak hotel and the neon lights
I ride the handsome as the wind blows by
And the trees all bend to the cry

I searched for love and I found it whole
But a drifting heart and a wandering soul
Kept me moving down this east bound line
Picking up pieces of what I thought was mine
Packing the bags I’ve carried so long
An old guitar and an older song
But I’ll find it someday and I’ll put it in place
Give it a name, give it a face
I ride the handsome as the wind rolls by
And the trees all bend to the cry

This train keeps my heartbeat steady
Line up t he rhythm and the roll is ready
This train keeps me right on track
Only the wheels and the west at my back

This town looks good as a town can be
Far from the mountains, far from the sea
Winter behind me and spring so near
Everything I hoped for, everything I fear
Think I may get off when this train comes still
Find ma a new start, find me a will
Write up the written and roll up the rest
Stand down the sorrow, stand put he best
I ride the handsome as the wind blows by
And the trees all bend to the cry

This train keeps my heartbeat steady
Line up t he rhythm and the roll is ready
This train keeps me right on track
Only the wheels and the west at my back

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from Back Home, track released April 25, 2001

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Tret Fure Newport News, Virginia

Tret Fure began her career at 16, singing in coffeehouses in the Midwest. At 19 , she moved to LA and within a year was performing as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis, penning the single for his album “Mousetrap”.  In 1973 she recorded her first solo album on MCA/UNI Records, with Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. 
Tret has released 16 acclaimed albums in her long career..
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