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Hell Miss This Train

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Eliza Gilkyson (born in Los Angeles, California, in 1950) is an American folk musician based in Austin, Texas. She has been recording and performing her unique blend of folk, country, and other genres since the late 1970s. She is the daughter of the late Terry Gilkyson, an accomplished songwriter noted for music he composed for Disney. She is the sister of Tony Gilkyson, who played with the Los Angeles-based bands Lone Justice and X. She has collaborated with both during the course of her career.

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Eliza Gilkyson - He'll Miss This Train

[Intro]
Em

[Verse]
Em
He started in the morning, arrived just in time
D Em
Met some friends at the station, for to ride the narrow line

Took a seat in the diner, made small talk with them all
D Em
Took a drink from the waiter, heard the last conductor call
G
He seen the long dress of a woman on his right
D Em
She was reading from the bible, she was basking in the light

For a moment he thought he'd hear the words she couldn't keep inside
D Em
He looked in vain all around him, but there was no place to hide

[Chorus]
Am
Gotta miss this train
Em
Running from behind, he'll miss this train
D
Running out of time, he'll miss this train
Em B Em
Walking down the line, he'll miss this train

[Verse]
Em
She said, "All my friends are millionaires", and her lips were small and thin
D Em
And she held him with these words as her eyes began to spin

"My lover is an angel, each day we give our praise
D Em
To the glory of his goodness and the richness of our days"
G
"But you will never know him, unless you ride this train
D Em
That seeks the pure and righteous for the glory of his name"

And with this she clasped an amulet that hung above her breast
D Em
And she felt a tiny glory as the train continued west

[Chorus]
Am
Gotta miss this train
Em
Running from behind, he'll miss this train
D
Running out of time, he'll miss this train
Em B Em
Walking down the line, he'll miss this train

[Verse]
Em
He became distracted, to the window he turned his eyes
D Em
To the desert all around him and the blue that filled its skies

Cactus with its arms arose to pull him away
D Em
There were stones that shine like jewels, flying birds of prey
G
Nothing ever called to him as the sun was burning bright
D Em
And all the desert creatures were hiding from the light

And the woman safely sleeping, with her book she'd made a nest
D Em
And he knew he'd have to leave there or his heart would never rest

[Chorus]
Am
Gotta miss this train
Em
Running from behind, he'll miss this train
D
Running out of time, he'll miss this train
Em B Em
Walking down the line, he'll miss this train

[Verse]
Em
He jumped out the window, the sun was burning red
D Em
And all he saw was desert and the bones of its dead

He reached out to touch them and to lift them from the sand
D Em
They looked like angels, when he held them in his hand
G
All at once he tried to board again, barbed wire cut his feet
D Em
But all he saw was empty track and the rising of the heat

So he ran for a hundred miles until he came to a mountain town
D Em
Where he was told by a conductor that he best just turn around

[Chorus]
Am
Gotta miss this train
Em
Running from behind, he'll miss this train
D
Running out of time, he'll miss this train
Em B Em
Many walking down the line, he'll miss this train

[Outro]
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