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Nighttime In The Switching Yard Lyrics
Nighttime in the switching yard
Get it out on the mainline
Listen to the rhythm of the train go by
Listen to the train whistle whine
Nighttime in the switching yard
See that train...
The midnight train runs both ways
Do it
Doot dat doot dat doot dadoot
Listen to the train whistle whine
Listen to the train
Listen to the track
Get it out on the mainline
Listen to the rhythm of the train go by
Listen to the train whistle whine
Nighttime in the switching yard
The midnight train runs both ways
Doot dat doot dat doot dadoot
Listen to the train whistle whine
Listen to the train
Listen to the track
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Not his best song.............
...but a damn good one.
Not his best song, but a damn good one.
Exactly.
Exactly.
And you should've waited just one more day to post.
And you should've waited just one more day to post.
First time I heard this tune, I remember thinking it was stupid. But it was very catchy and grew on me quickly. I've wondered a little bit if the "Switching yard" imagery had some sort of Jekyll and Hyde intimation, or possibly bisexuality with the midnight train going both ways. But I think I'm stretching things a bit, though with Warren very little could be ruled out.
I read somewhere -- zero clue where -- that this song was supposedly written about heroin. Anyone have any idea whether there's any basis at all in reality for that? I'm just not seeing the connection (as it were) -- unless it's punning on "the mainline" and "the tracks"??
This song is awesome. It's basically how I expected pfunk to sound before I actually heard them...