Anyone who has ever ridden a long distance train will know that a lot of what is described in this song is what one would see when looking out the window. It has some really great imagery. I have known this song for years and never made the full connection until after I had gone cross country and to the South by train. The bells mentioned, by the way are probably the warning bells on the locomotive that are rung as a train aproaches a station.
Anyone who has ever ridden a long distance train will know that a lot of what is described in this song is what one would see when looking out the window. It has some really great imagery. I have known this song for years and never made the full connection until after I had gone cross country and to the South by train. The bells mentioned, by the way are probably the warning bells on the locomotive that are rung as a train aproaches a station.