"Midnight Train" - a new original song

[SongwriterFan]

Work tape from last week. The lyrics (below) have changed a bit since then.

https://soundcloud.com/user-99202317...rk-tape-9-1921



"Midnight Train" - David Pennybaker

I board that midnight train / No bags, nothin’ to pack
Ain’t got no ticket / Ain’t no one gonna ask
Pullin’ out of the station / I can’t help but feel
I deserve all I’m gettin’ / Made one hell of a deal

Barely enough light / Lookin’ ‘cross the abyss
I start thinkin’ about / All the things I’ll miss
Laid out before me / Endless miles of track
The decision is final / I won’t be comin’ back

In my former life / Was always on the run
A hazard of my trade / The trigger end of a gun
Can fin’ly slow down / Kick my boots off and relax
Ain’t nobody chasin’ me / No need to watch my back

The last thing I remember / Besides the noise and smoke
Arms wrapped around me / Overpowered and choked
Lookin’ from above / Can’t believe what I seen
My bruised and mangled body / Danglin’ from a tree

My life played out before me / I offered no excuse
Judgment here is cruel / Here it won’t be the noose
Here I’m doomed forever / To ride this ghostly train
No one to hear my thoughts / No one to share my pain

[Gdjjr]

You got it going on with this one! Good job!

[SongwriterFan]

Thanks!

Gonna go back to my original title on this one, I think: Ghost Train

[KevWind]

Cool, this one is ripe with production potential well beyond guitar and vocal well done