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Midnight Cargo

from PanFlash by Dag Shaw

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written while driving neck and neck with a train through a blizzard in Colorado

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This train was a midnight cargo
Long as the canyon she flew in
Along the Colorado her light shone
Slow corners through that blizzard

I heard her a-cryin out there
Lonesemest place she can find
I watched her searchin the night away
For to ease that a-wailin mind

Always the whole world's a stop ahead
When the wheels aren't built to rest
So many faces a-passin on through
When you're always movin, you're all you can trust

This train was a midnight cargo
Long as the canyon she cruised
Her beacon shone along the Colorado
Into that blizzard she flew

Intriguing elusive lady of the night
Union Pacific, a long howling wail
Lonesemest place she can find, she just might
Cry out forever among pillars of hail
Eternity isd a tomorrow away
A platform ahead on wheels not meant to stop and rust
How could she roll so lonely and free
If she found someone else to trust

This train was a midnight cargo
Union Pacific, casting sheets of white
Upon diamonds dripping from the sky
Alone in a canyon on a stormy night

This train was a midnight cargo
Long as the canyon she flew in
Along the Colorado her light shone
Slow corners into that blizzard

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from PanFlash, released October 14, 2013
Recorded at Dave Talmage's house on Durham Point

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Dag Shaw Northwood, New Hampshire

Dag Shaw is a sometimes-solo musician wanderer within the USA (from Maine to Maui) since 2000. Dobro, guitar, vocals, banjo. Born & raised in the woods in sometimes-secret New Hampshire, one day a little before the end of the twentieth century Dag emerged with a vengeance to stand in the sweet nectar rain of the world outside the pond. Have gig, will travel. ... more

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