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Cross Train
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Why does the road to Recovery always go via Little Suffering?
funky blues
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Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
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Genre
Blues • Electric Blues
Charts
Peak #26
Peak in subgenre #5
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
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December 01, 2020
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MP3 9.1 MB • 320 kbps • 3:59
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WAV 40.2 MB
Story behind the song
In the days before lockdown we used to be able to go to a place called "The Jim". I don't know who Jim is or was, but he's a deceptive euphemism for "Palace of Pain". Within lurks a particular implement of torture called the elliptical or cross-trainer. Feeling run-down, exhausted, at death's door? No? Well ten minutes on this evil contraption and you'll be calling the paramedics.
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Keep on doing what you do Good things will come to you Stay true to what makes you you Good things come to you Let the train take the strain There's more to gain than just pain Cross train take the strain There's more to gain than just pain Because the ticket collector's walking dead The engine driver's out of his head The tracks are buckled, the bridges are out Isn't this what life's all about? Let the train take the strain. Now, liberty feeds the soul Learn to love what you can't control Let it rock, let it roll Learn to love what you can't control Find your way, the way you play A little bit further every day Find your way, don't get led astray A little bit further every day Because the boiler is blowing The brakes are shot Firebox's given it all she got The pistons are leaking, the govenor's gone We're running flat out into the setting sun Let the train take the strain. Get on board, making time Non stop til the end of the line All aboard, we'll be fine Non stop til the end of the line Let the train take the strain There's more to gain than just pain Cross train take the strain There's more to gain than just pain Because the boiler is blowing The brakes are shot Firebox's given it all she got The pistons are leaking, the govenor's gone We're running flat out into the setting sun Let the train take the strain. And the ticket collector's walking dead The engine driver's out of his head The tracks are buckled, the bridges are out Isn't this what life's all about? Let the train take the strain.
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DRUMNJON
Oct 08, 2021
A rockin great creation here Seth!! Could of see Prince, doing this as a cover!! Lovin your sound :)
soundsbyramolly
Oct 07, 2021
Great writing and production, just awesome!!!
MichaelDuran
Sep 28, 2021
Love the flashback to the Jimi Hendrix days of heady wailing axe with funky attitude on steroids. Lovin it mate!!