Biography:
Tom Russell (born in Los Angeles in either 1947 or 1948) is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.
In the 1980s Russell made four albums credited to the Tom Russell Band.
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Other songs:
- A Bowl Of Red
- A Hard Rains A
- A Land Called Way Out There
- Acres Of Corn
- Aint No More Cane On The Brazos
- Alkali
- All This Way For The Short Ride
- Amelias Railroad Flat
- America The Beautiful
- American Rivers
- Angel Of Lyon
- Beyond The Blues
- Box Of Visions
- Bucking Horse Moon
- Bus Station
- Canadian Whisky
- Carrickfergus
- Claude Dallas
- Criminology
- Cropduster
- Dance Hall Girls
- Down The Rio Grande
- East Of Woodstock West Of Viet Nam
- El Llano Estacado
- En Canadien Errant
- Evangeline Hotel
- Finding You
- Furious Love For Liz
- Gallo Del Cielo
- Guadalupe
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Hallie Lonnigan
- Hills Of Old Juarez
- If I Had A Gun
- Isaac Lewis
- Little Blue Horse
- Love Abides
- Love Makes A Fool Out Of The Wise
- Mandarin Oranges
- Manzanar
- Mineral Wells
- Navajo Rug
- Oil Field Girls
- Old Blue
- Pilgrim Land
- Racehorse Haynes
- Rambler Gambler
- Rider On An Orphan Train
- Rose Of San Joaquin
- Santa Fe At Midnight
- Sitting Bull In Venice
- Somebodys Husband Somebodys Son
- Sonoras Death Row
- Spanish Burgundy
- Stealing Electricity
- The Ballad Of Edward Abbey
- The Dutchman
- The Eyes Of Robert Duran
- The Eyes Of Roberto Duran
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- The John Bull Tin
- The Kid From Spavinaw
- The Man From God Knows Where
- The Next Thing Smokin
- The Old Rugged Cross
- The Railroad Boy
- The Rose Of Roscrae
- The Rose Of The San Joaquin
- The Santa Fe At Midnight
- The Sky Above The Mud Below
- The Water Is Wide
- Throwin Horseshoes At The Moon
- Throwing Horseshoes At The Moon
- Tonight We Ride
- Touch Of Evil
- Veterans Day
- Walkin On The Moon
- Walking On The Moon
- Wayfarin Stranger
- What Work Is
- When Sinatra Played Juarez
- When The Wolves No Longer Sing
- Where The Dream Begins
- Whos Gonna Build Your Wall
- Winnipeg
- Woodrow
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"Rider on an Orphan Train" by Tom Russell, off album "The Man from God Knows Where"
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Once I rode an orphan train
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And my brother did the same
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They split us up in Missouri
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James was five and I was three
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He got taken by some pair
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But for me they did not care
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We were brave and did not cry
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When they made us say goodbye
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That was the last I saw of him
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Before some family took me in
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But I swore I'd run away
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And find my brother James someday
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I went back when I was grown
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To find our old Children's Home
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And I asked for to see my file
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Of when I was an orphan child
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It's sad, they say, there's been a flood
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File washed away in Missouri mud
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Sometimes life is a stone wall
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You either climb, or else you fall
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In every town, on every street
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All the faces that I meet
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And I wonder, could this one be
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My brother James come back to me
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Though I don't know where he's gone
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I have searched my whole life long
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Now I roam from town to town
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But there's no orphan lost-and-found
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Sometimes I dream a pleasant sight
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My brother James and I unite
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Remembering our last goodbye
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No longer brave, we start to cry
F
I hope he lives a life of ease
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And all his days a soft, warm breeze
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May he sit upon a throne
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And may he never sleep alone
G
Once I rode an orphan train
G7 C
And my brother did the same
F
They split us up in Missouri
C G C
James was five and I was three
C G
Once I rode an orphan train
G7 C
And my brother did the same
F
They split us up in Missouri
C G C
James was five and I was three
G
He got taken by some pair
F C
But for me they did not care
F
We were brave and did not cry
C G C
When they made us say goodbye
F
That was the last I saw of him
C G
Before some family took me in
C F
But I swore I'd run away
C G C
And find my brother James someday
G
I went back when I was grown
F C
To find our old Children's Home
F
And I asked for to see my file
C G C
Of when I was an orphan child
G
It's sad, they say, there's been a flood
F C
File washed away in Missouri mud
F
Sometimes life is a stone wall
C G C
You either climb, or else you fall
F
In every town, on every street
C G
All the faces that I meet
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And I wonder, could this one be
C G C
My brother James come back to me
G
Though I don't know where he's gone
G7 C
I have searched my whole life long
F
Now I roam from town to town
C G C
But there's no orphan lost-and-found
F
Sometimes I dream a pleasant sight
C G
My brother James and I unite
C F
Remembering our last goodbye
C G C
No longer brave, we start to cry
F
I hope he lives a life of ease
C G
And all his days a soft, warm breeze
C F
May he sit upon a throne
C G C
And may he never sleep alone
G
Once I rode an orphan train
G7 C
And my brother did the same
F
They split us up in Missouri
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James was five and I was three
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