Choo Choo Train

from DUST by Mary Esther Carter

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Sittin on the stoop
Watching the sunrise
Eating a scoop
Of blackberry ice cream
Your mother made
With her own two hands
Holding onto something

Then you hear a choo choo train, chuggalin a long,
laughing out your name,
wanna sing a song,
wanna do a dance,
Wanna do a jig,
wanna laugh and laugh through everything

Well, you hopped that train
When you were sixteen
You couldn't help it
You wanted to be mean
Ride so tough
In the back line
Nobody knew that you were missing,
That you were missing

Then you hear a choo choo train, chuggalin a long, laughing out your name, wanna sing a song, wanna do a dance, Wanna do a jig, wanna laugh and laugh through everything, through everything

Well role me a cigarette oh please
Give me some of that
Good nicotine
If I was five again I'd say
Hold me up,
I'll smoke all day
I'll smoke all day

Then you hear a choo choo train, chuggalin a long, laughing out your name, wanna sing a song, wanna do a dance, Wanna do a jig, wanna laugh and laugh through everything, through everything

Then you hear a choo choo train, chuggalin a long, laughing out your name, wanna sing a song, wanna do a dance, Wanna do a jig, wanna laugh and laugh through everything, through everything

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from DUST, released October 16, 2023
Music and Lyrics by: Mary Esther Carter
Produced by: Mildred Moody and Eric Segalstad
Mixing Engineer: Mildred Moody
Recording Engineer: Eric Segalstad
Mastering Engineer: Vadim Kharaz
Recorded at Sabi Sound in Colchester, VT

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