This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Down around the corner, half a mile from here
See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
You know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back
Without love, where would you be right now?
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Got to keep on pushin' mama
You know they're running late
Without love, where would you be now-now-now-now?
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Got to keep on pushin' mama
You know they're running late
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
Well the pistons keep on turning
And the wheels go round and round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love, where would you be right now?
Without love, ooh
Where would you be now?
Mmm, got to get you, baby, baby, won't you move it down?
Won't you move it down?
Baby, baby, baby, baby, won't you move it down?
When the big train run
When the train is movin' on, I got to keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Won't you keep on movin'?
Gonna keep on movin'
See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
You know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back
Without love, where would you be right now?
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Got to keep on pushin' mama
You know they're running late
Without love, where would you be now-now-now-now?
Without love
Well the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Got to keep on pushin' mama
You know they're running late
Without love, where would you be now?
Without love
Well the pistons keep on turning
And the wheels go round and round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love, where would you be right now?
Without love, ooh
Where would you be now?
Mmm, got to get you, baby, baby, won't you move it down?
Won't you move it down?
Baby, baby, baby, baby, won't you move it down?
When the big train run
When the train is movin' on, I got to keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Won't you keep on movin'?
Gonna keep on movin'
Lyrics submitted by Moonshadow90
Long Train Runnin' Lyrics as written by Tom Johnston
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@Hipnoticed I love your observation of how the 'loooo-oooo-oooove' stanza mimics the blare of a train horn. Its a warning. Don't forget to love.
@Hipnoticed you miss the fact that train tracks are a common suicide method. This song touches on themes of mortality . 'Watch them disappear' is evocative of someone passing, as is 'she won't become back'.<br /> Miss Lucy was found 'down along the tracks'.<br /> why? Because she lost her home and her family. It is pronounced as 'Miss Loose'. Evocative of a woman who cheated on her husband and lost everything as a result.. Then ended it all. <br /> Because there was no forgiveness.
@Hipnoticed you miss the fact that train tracks are a common suicide method. This song touches on themes of mortality . 'Watch them disappear' is evocative of someone passing, as is 'she won't be coming back'.<br /> Miss Lucy was found 'down along the tracks'.<br /> why? Because she lost her home and her family. It is pronounced as 'Miss Loose'. Evocative of a woman who cheated on her husband and lost everything as a result.. Then ended it all. <br /> Because there was no forgiveness.
a wonder doobies song probably my favorite of theirs
Isn't a "train" a euphemism for one's sex-drive?
why would you say that?
This is one of my favorite songs of all time! The meaning to me is that Love takes you in a lot of different places and a lot of situations, just like a train...whithout love where would you be now? I would not live in the city that I live in, I wouldn't have the job that I have now, and I was so depressed before I found love I probably wouldn't exist without love.
As a musician and guitar player myself, I've often wondered what Tom's intent was with these lyrics. In my humble opinion, I think that there was no underlying meaning to them. He just wrote them to satisfy the tempo of the melody line in the song. It's not the first time he did something like that. They make no sense: A train tied into love? Surely it isn't a reference to a indecent act! :^)
@docholiday767 this song is about Miss Lucy being found dead along the tracks. Suicide. Miss loose , as he says. Lost her family, won't be coming back . Permanently.
"Without love, where would you be now?" Love that.
most of the songs the doobie brothers wrote dont make sense. but since when do all songs have 2 make sense anyway?? this song is about the music & the words-not the meaning. if u really think about it & instead of finding the lyrics' meaning, & trying 2 make sense of it all, jus relax & let ur mind go blank & sing along if u can(: .alot of the doobie brothers write songs about love.many things can represent love.this song represent love thru trains (long trains in motion that is x] ). i ges what the message of this song-"without love where would we be now?" "we'd probly be stranded out on our own jus walking (like Miss Lucy) & not knowing where 2 go-since we don`t have love." ?. not shure. but what i do know is that this is 1 of my favorite songs & 1 of my favorite songs by them(:
I guess I could smoke a doobie to figure out the lyrics...
"The steel rails are cold & hard for the miles that they go down". I believe that what Tom is saying here is this is like living life without love - every mile/day you trudge through life without love is a cold & hard one - we all need love. Miss Lucy is possibly taking a train ride to somewhere to try & re-find the love she has lost, hence, "without love, where would you be now?" Would we all not be seeking to find love again were we to lose it? I know after a relationship breakdown I've wanted to just get on the road & go, somewhere, anywhere, just to be loved again.... No matter what, love your families & friends folks, it's a hard world out there at times eh.
@buffalotice You know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks<br /> She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back<br /> <br /> I think Miss Lucy committed suicide on the tracks. "She won't be coming back" is cryptic , and it is not about leaving town . Its about checking out permanently. Leaving town is no guarantee of not coming back . Suicide was the guarantee of 'won't be coming back'. <br /> The song is about trying to save people with love and forgiveness before it is too late. Like it was for Miss Lucy . Because no one helped her, no one loved her enough to save her.<br /> the line 'watch them disappear' is foreshadowing to death. The whole song is cryptic , its about doom and damnation and forgiveness.