Reid Jamieson - RAIL (demo, home recording)

Reid Jamieson - RAIL (demo, home recording) written by Reid Jamieson and Carolyn Victoria Mill
this song was written for Stuart Mclean and CBC's Vinyl Cafe for a very special radio show/concert they did on The Canadian, taking the train across Canada. The first real co-write between husband and wife, this song was also winner of the grand prize for Folk in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Featured in Sy Fy's Being Human. Want to hear what Reido does next? Get on the list for the latest http://reidjamieson.com

RAIL (Jamieson / Mill)

Put your ear to the rail, you can hear my love come down

Where hearts and heroes fail, I won’t be turned around

Sleepwalking these rails, I let the grass grow long

Oh my memory fails, and I forgot my song

Blackberries grow wild, smell of pitch in the sun

Weeds roll over my mind, and they almost won

But I said no more, no more, no more,

no more, no more, no more, no more

Put your ear to the rail, you can hear my love come down

Where hearts and heroes fail, I won’t be turned around

Tearing up these weeds, blow the smoke in my stack

Sound of steel on steel, and there’s no going back

I got a head full of coal, hear the lightning crack

Light a fire in my soul, and get me back on track

Put your ear to the rail, you can hear my love come down

Where hearts and heroes fail, I won’t be turned around

No more driving this blind, time to throw that switch

Drives a spike in my mind, and makes my fingers itch

You better get on board, or get out of my way

Hauling heavy and slow, but I’m leaving today…

And I said no more, no more, no more,

no more, no more, no more, no more, no more

And I know that I’ve been here before,

And it’s taken its toll on me

But I’m not giving up anymore,

No I’m not giving up on me…