The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
Track #7 on 1994’s The Charm of the Highway Strip, the third studio album by The Magnetic Fields.
The album’s title comes from a 1959 quote by J.B. Jackson:
“Let us hope that the merits and charm of the highway strip are not so obscure but that they will be accepted by a wider public.”
See “Born...
[Verse 1]
It was the army train that took her daddy from her
It was the bible train that took her momma too
And that high loud whistle made her horse run away
But the straw that broke the camel's back was you
[Verse 2]
It was the government train that took away her childhood
It was the KKK that took away her past
It was the white man's will that hers be broken
But that barefoot girl could run too fast
[Chorus]
Because the world's too cold for a girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down the dragon track
She had a fear of trains
[Bridge]
In the beet fields of Montana
She's always coming on dead rails
To break the plow and whisper, "Honey
Bound to live is bound to fail"
And in a park in San Francisco
Her momma shrieks about the Lord
And down the dead rails there's an echo
The wind is whistling all-aboard
[Chorus]
Because the world's too cold for a girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down the dragon track
She had a fear of trains
[Verse 3]
It was the wagon train that took away her country
It was the oil train that took away her land
And she could have been the belle of the ponderosa
But that was not the fat man's plan
[Chorus]
Because the world's too cold for a girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down the dragon track
She had a fear of trains
Fear of Trains was written by Stephin Merritt.
Fear of Trains was produced by Stephin Merritt.
The Magnetic Fields released Fear of Trains on Mon Apr 18 1994.