Train
Uncle Tupelo * Track #8 On No Depression
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Album No Depression
- #1Graveyard Shift
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- #2That Year
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- #3Before I Break
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- #4No Depression
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- #5Factory Belt
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- #6Whiskey Bottle
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- #7Outdone
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- #8Train
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- #9Life Worth Livin’
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- #10Flatness
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- #11So Called Friend
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- #12Screen Door
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- #13John Hardy
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Train by Uncle Tupelo
Release Date
Performed by
Uncle TupeloProduced by
Paul Q. Kolderie & Sean SladeWrited by
Jeff TweedyTrain Lyrics
A quarter after two
Sittin' in my car, watching
Waiting on a train
Ninety-seven flatcars
Loaded down with troop trucks and tanks
Rolling by
I'm twenty-one, and I'm scared as hell
I quit school, I'm healthy as a horse
Because of all that I'll be the first one to die in a war
The whole damn town was sleeping
Dreaming the same dream
The radio was playing
Roger McGuinn singing
"To each and every thing there's a time and a season"
I'm twenty-one, and I'm scared as hell
I quit school, I'm healthy as a horse
Because of all that I'll be the first one to die in a war
Yes, I have the right to say
We all die anyway
But I'd just like to know
Where does my dying go
What for
What for
Train Q&A
Who wrote Train's ?
Train was written by Jeff Tweedy.
Who produced Train's ?
Train was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie & Sean Slade.
When did Uncle Tupelo release Train?
Uncle Tupelo released Train on Thu Jun 21 1990.
What did Uncle Tupelo say about "Train"?
In his 2018 memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), Jeff Tweedy explains:
“I tried to get closer to Jay [Farrar]’s social consciousness with ‘Train.’ It started out as a song about how often you had to wait for trains when you drove around in Belleville. Being so close to St. Louis, we lived near th...