Name: Train (demo 1989)
Duration: P00H02M57S
Description: This is a rare Tales of Young Robert demo, recorded in our rehearsal room on a 4-track cassette recorder the same night we first heard this new song (written by Stan Schaffer). We only performed the song live a few times, but recording this demo was a helluva lotta fun, and I think it shows.

Train (demo 1989)

from Cryonic Freeze: A Tales of Young Robert Archive by Tales of Young Robert

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This is a rare Tales of Young Robert demo, recorded in our rehearsal room on a 4-track cassette recorder the same night we first heard this new song (written by Stan Schaffer). We only performed the song live a few times, but recording this demo was a helluva lotta fun, and I think it shows.

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TRAIN - words & music by Stan Schaffer
There's a train to ride; is it heading home?
Nobody knows where it's going; it doesn't tell it on the ticket stub
Someone tore it just like at the movies
Could be "The Orient Express", or from "Wild, Wild West"
Let's hope this train is to freedom ... or something similar
SDI can wave goodbye behind me

"He said it, he said it -- the train of thought misread it"
Cup your ear like you can't hear the siren

One man knows where it's going; one man says he laid the tracks
And wants to be like his friend in the movies
Could be "The Orient Express", or from "Wild, Wild West"
Let's hope this train is to freedom

Will we understand? Will they take all the guns away?
Will we make a stand -- every person, every day?
We will see in time ... if we make the train
There's a train to ride; is it heading home?
Woo-woo ...

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from Cryonic Freeze: A Tales of Young Robert Archive, released July 30, 2014
Nate Butler: keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Darren Embry: bass guitar, backing vocals
John W. Koontz: backing vocals
Mark Ribera: lead vocal
Stan Schaffer: drums, backing vocals

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Nate Butler is an artist, actor, musician, and singer/songwriter from Fresno, California, USA.

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