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My Dad's Last Ride

from Singing To The Choir by John Paul Wright

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Written for Duncan Philips and Ron "Baltimore Red" Kaminkow

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Dad’s Last Ride for Ron, Utah and Duncan 2012

[ Im just here to take my dad’s last ride
He let the starlight on the rails, get in, his eyes.
He never felt good, just hanging around.
Because the lonesome whistle was his favorite sound. ]

Hey conductor who is your engineer.
If his name is Red , I have a story he needs to hear.
And If he asks who want’s to see him I’m just an old Hobo.
And the son of someone that he used to know.

We sat there a talkin as the sage brush blew by.
Ridin the rails under a clear nevada sky.
Talking about my father and a good friend,
The spirit Utah Phillips is riding the rails again.

He told me you had asked him to hop your train and ride,
And how he wished he’d done that before he died.
He said that was one thing that he had always ment to do,
So he sent me down to take the ride with you.

He rode the railroads and traveled this land.
Collecting stories about a many a man.
Before he died he told me to make this trip.
And now he’s gone he’s packed his last grip..so..

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from Singing To The Choir, released December 24, 2012

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John Paul Wright Louisville, Kentucky

John Paul Wright is a community organizer, union organizer / Labor Singer and Djembe player. Working Locomotive Engineer and Folk Musician.. a man of many hats..

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