Honoring Bob Dylan's C.D. "Tempest"

                  THE LONESOME BLUES TRAIN

Riley Lincoln

West Palm Beach, FL

Sept 2012

Listen to that lonesome blues whistle blowing

  It says this train is going

It's eating up the track

  Listen to that lonesome blues whistle blowing

You know where the train is going

  And she's never coming back

You can't go down the track

  And bring her back

There ain't no track

  And she's never coming back

That old train is whistling the blues

  Blues that are only meant for you

Look down at the ties

  Look down at the track

She ain't never coming back

  Learn about the blues

They were made special for you

  You've dug your hole

This is where you're gonna go

  If you can't forget that "ho"

It's not about right or wrong

  It's not about this song

It's about sometimes you gotta pay the price

  Being true won't stop the train

The whole world's insane

  You're on the insane train

Going across the plain

Listen to that lonesome blues whistle blow

  And think of the "Ho"

What does this mean

  Don't ride the lonesome blues train

Try taking  the bus, save your soul

  Do some rock and roll

This ain't the end

  The beginning's the end

The middle is where it all began

  The middle is always the end

That's where it all begins

Take the rock and roll blues train

  It will stop you from going insane

Then stand a long time in the rain

  Feel that blues train rain

It will change your brain

  Remember to stay in the right lane

The left lane gets all the rain

Blues whistles and blues trains will make you insane

                    Stay out of the rain