Ballad for a Friend (Witmark Demo - 1962)
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Ballad for a Friend (Witmark Demo - 1962) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sad I’m a-sittin’ on the railroad track
Watching’ that old smokestack
Train is a-leavin’ but it won’t be back
[Verse 2]
Years ago we hang around
Watching’ trains roll through the town
Now that train is a-graveyard bound
[Verse 3]
Where we go up in that North Country
Lakes and streams and mines so free
I had no better friend than he
[Verse 4]
Something happened to him that day
I thought I heard a stranger say
I hung my head and stole away
[Verse 5]
A diesel truck was headin’ down
Carryin' up a heavy load
Left him on a Utah road
[Verse 6]
They carried him back to his hometown
His mother cried, his sister moaned
Listening’ to them church bells tone
Sad I’m a-sittin’ on the railroad track
Watching’ that old smokestack
Train is a-leavin’ but it won’t be back
[Verse 2]
Years ago we hang around
Watching’ trains roll through the town
Now that train is a-graveyard bound
[Verse 3]
Where we go up in that North Country
Lakes and streams and mines so free
I had no better friend than he
[Verse 4]
Something happened to him that day
I thought I heard a stranger say
I hung my head and stole away
[Verse 5]
A diesel truck was headin’ down
Carryin' up a heavy load
Left him on a Utah road
[Verse 6]
They carried him back to his hometown
His mother cried, his sister moaned
Listening’ to them church bells tone
[Verse 7]
A diesel truck was rollin' slow
Pullin' down a heavy load
It left him on a Utah road
[Outro]
I-I sung the last verse for ya because I missed the words the first time I sung them about the truck
A diesel truck was rollin' slow
Pullin' down a heavy load
It left him on a Utah road
[Outro]
I-I sung the last verse for ya because I missed the words the first time I sung them about the truck
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