Oversized Electric Train

from Shine by nuvocoke

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Oversized Electric Train (nuvocoke@gmail.com)

(SING ALONG)Take a ride on the oversized electric train... (multi)

(VERSE 1) Public transportation can sometimes be a pleasure...

no traffic to fight while we conserve our national treasure...

buses are okay, but I prefer the trains... for a fairly reasonable fee...

I can close my eyes and pretend I'm circling 'round the ol' Christmas tree

(CHORUS) So... take a ride on the oversized electric train...

let the world pass by while the vibrations ease the strain...

through the tinted plexy-glass I watch the model cars pass...

between the doll houses far away... and I thought I saw an old friend

when the train came to a stop... but she was going the other way...

(VERSE 2) You may own a car, but you'll drive it less and less...

fuel costs are ridiculous and commuting is really a mess...

freeways are long, with too many lanes - like a parking lot on the go...

while the time of my life is speeding by, the cars move excessively slow.

(to CHORUS) (to SING ALONG)

(VERSE 3) It disgusts me to think how we continue to war over oil...

and sacrifice young lives under the guise of being brave and loyal...

we've got the means to preserve mother earth and lift her prisitine face

we may like to compete and love to drive, but we're losing the human race.

(to CHORUS)...take a ride on the oversized electric train... (repeat fade)

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from Shine, released April 22, 2014

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singer/songwriter - San Francisco Bay Area - covering political satire, current events, life, love... and all that other stuff... a songwriter's work is never done!

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