Play A Train Song by Todd Snider
Play A Train Song by Todd Snider

Play A Train Song

Todd Snider * Track #3 On East Nashville Skyline

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Play A Train Song by Todd Snider

Release Date
Tue Jul 20 2004
Performed by
Todd Snider
About

Skip and his catchphrase are immortalized in this poster, plastered to the ceiling above one of his favorite East Nashville bars.

“Play a Train Song” is a eulogy to East Nashville’s beloved, hard-living mayor/uncle and Todd’s neighbor/manager “Uncle” Skip Litz.

Skip was famous for requesting (dema...

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Play A Train Song Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A smokin' long black Cadillac, the engine's winding down
He'd park it up on the sidewalk like he owned the whole damn town
I'd hear him talkin' to some chick through a thick ghost of smoke
Through a thicker haze of Southern comfort and coke

[Verse 2]
"Say girl, you're hotter than the hinges hanging off the gates of hell
Don't be afraid to turn to me, babe, if-a he don't treat you well,"
And by "he," he meant me, so I laughed and I shook his hand
He laughed a little bit louder as he'd yell up at the band

[Chorus 1]
"Play a train song, pour me one more round
"Make 'em leave my boots on when they lay me into the ground
"I am a runaway locomotive, out of my one track mind
"And I'm a-lookin' for any kinda trouble that I can find,"

[Verse 3]
I got this old black leather jacket, I got this pack of Marlboro Reds
I got this stash here in my pocket, I got these thoughts in my own head
The right to run until I've gotta walk or until I've got to crawl
This moment that I'm in right now and nothing else at all

[Chorus 1]
Play a train song, pour me one more round
Make 'em leave my boots on when they lay me into the ground
I am a runaway locomotive, out of my one track mind

[Verse 4]
In the television, blizzard lights we looked around his place
We found him cold there on the sofa, a little smile across his face
And though I tried with all of my sadness, somehow I just-a could not weep
For a man who looked to me like he died laughin' in his sleep

[Chorus 2]
Singin' a train song, drinkin' a-one last round
We made 'em leave his boots on on the day they laid him down
He was a runaway locomotive, out of his one track mind

[Outro]
Play a train song
Play a train song
Play a train song

Play A Train Song Q&A

When did Todd Snider release Play A Train Song?

Todd Snider released Play A Train Song on Tue Jul 20 2004.

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