Ballad for a Friend - Witmark Demo - 1962
Lyrics
Sad I'm sittin' on the railroad track, Watchin' that old smokestack Train is a-leavin' bit it won't be back ♪ Years ago we hung around, Watchin' trains roll through the town Now that train is a-graveyard bound ♪ Where we go up in that north country, Lakes and streams and mines so free, I had no better friend than he ♪ Something happened to him that day, I thought I heard a stranger say, I hung my head and stole away ♪ A diesel truck was rollin' slow, Pullin' down a heavy load It left him on a Utah road They carried him back to his home town, His mother cried, his sister moaned, Listin' to them church bells tone.
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Song Details
- Duration
- 02:21
- Key
- 8
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
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