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Nashville Bound (Sean Fentress)

from I Got My Learnin' From The L&N by John Paul Wright

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While waiting for a train, a coworker presented me with a rough draft of this tune. Working all hours and away from home, while trying to manage a new family is no joke. This tune is about that. I added a verse and arranged the music, but, Sean Fentress, a locomotive engineer friend of mine wrote it.

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Nashville Bound
S. Fentress & J. Wright
(From Music for Modern Railroaders)

(CHORUS)

I got a 2-hour call for a train at 3
Nashville bound is where i'll be
walk in the bedroom is where they lay
5 ,3 , and 1 on the way

Ready to go and grips are packed,
12 hours down and 12 hours back.
Laid up in a hotel till the next day-
to waste another 12 hours away!

CHORUS

Sun, sleet, snow, or rain
You can bet you’ll find me on a train!
Workin” my days away-
carrying a picture to ease the pain.
CHORUS

Days go by and holidays pass,
watchin my kids grow up fast.
Livin’ a hard life on the road,
never knowing when I have to go.

CHORUS

Daddy will you be here when I wake up?
As I open the door his head pops up,
no, the railroad called and I have to go.
I love you see you when I get home…

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from I Got My Learnin' From The L&N, released July 14, 2017

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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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