Graveyard Train

Album: Bayou Country (1969)
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  • On the highway
    Thirty people lost their lives
    On the highway
    Thirty people lost their lives
    Well, I had some words to holler
    And my Rosie took a ride

    In the moonlight
    See that greyhound rollin' on
    In the moonlight
    See that greyhound rollin' on
    Flyin' through the crossroads
    Rosie ran into a hound

    For the graveyard
    Thirty boxes made of bone
    For the graveyard
    Thirty boxes made of bone

    Oh, mister undertaker, yeah
    Take this coffin from my home

    In the midnight
    Hear me cryin' out her name
    In the midnight
    Hear me cryin' out her name
    Well, I'm standin' on the railroad
    Waitin' for the graveyard train

    On the highway
    Thirty people turned to stone
    On the highway
    Thirty people turned to stone
    Oh, take me to the station
    'Cause I'm number thirty-one Writer/s: John Cameron Fogerty
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Comments: 2

  • Harry FlashmanTo Jennifer: I thought for years that this was based on a real tragedy. But I’ve Googled the hell out of this and could not find a single reference to any actual event that this might be based on. Fogerty sure makes it feel real.
  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaAlways wondered what the inspiration for this song was. Does anyone know?
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