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THE SUNSET TRAIN.
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"Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan are writers/musicians/singers/producers who have had a number of hits on Epic, Columbia, Mercury, UA, RCA, and other majors. Their main airplay has been in the Country area, with crossovers to Pop, but they are so different that nobody can figure out exactly what they are. They write and produce their own recordings, and are also Jazz musicians, as many Country artists have been. Among their credits are: "Billboard Country Duet of the Year", and they are Grammy Nominees. Their first hit was "Tennessee Birdwalk". The Jack & Misty stage show consists mostly of original music, comedy, and audience rapport."
Song Info
Genre
Country • Country General
Charts
Peak #11
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
Jack Blanchard
Rights
Jack Blanchard Songs (BMI)
Uploaded
January 06, 2011
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MP3
MP3 2.5 MB • 128 kbps • 2:45
Story behind the song
One of the first things we did when we moved into our new place was this... We hung tho painting of the Sunset Train in a place of honor. It's not an original painting... just a print... but it has been in our life since our Misty and I started out together, and it's become a member of the family. We first bought the big picture in a discount store and had it in our first house. Some time later we lost it when we stored some things with a "friend" while we were on tour. She would not give it back. I had written a story and a song about that picture, and I put the story in my column. One day a great big package arrived containing a painting of The Sunset Train. It came from an anonymous benefactor. We have no idea who sent it, but we are grateful. The song was among our very first Nashville recordings, and the only copy we had was an old 45 in terrible condition. I cleaned it up the best I could, and it found a place on our 2000 CD "Life and Death" on Omni Records... a major Australian label.
Lyrics
a€œTHE SUNSET TRAIN.a€ (Intro recitation): "Since his wife passed away, the old man spent a lot of time with memory things. He'd sit by the hour, and stare at the old picture of The Sunset Train, and talk to her like she was still right there by his side." (1st verse. She sings): I remember the day you gave that picture to me. You hung it on the wall and called me to come and see. Our little apartment had windows looking out on an alley, But the picture on the wall was like a window to a beautiful valley. (Chorus. Both sing): The picture on the wall Seemed like a windowpane, with the steam risin' high in the sky above a lonesome plain. We could almost hear the old locomotive strain, And the red caboose was followin' The Sunset Train (2nd verse. He sings): Years of love went by and now you're gone. I don't want to face another lonesome dawn. When the mail and the papers start piling up in the hall, The neighbors'll come in, And find the picture still on the wall. (Chorus. Both sing): And the picture on the wall will seem like a windowpane, With the steam risin' high in the sky above a lonesome plain, And they'll almost hear the old locomotive strain, (He sings): But I'll be gone, and so will The Sunset Train. (Both sing): We'll be gone, and so will The Sunset Train. We'll be gone, and so will The Sunset Train.
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