‘Gone Dead Train’, originally performed by Danny Whitten of Crazy Horse, is a clever but dirty story about the frustration the subject is experiencing due to his erectile disfunction. The engine is the male penis, the cellar is the female vagina (i.e. the old saying ‘bottom-knocking’). The beginning of the song relates the man’s arrogance about how he envisions his reputation to be that of a ‘stud’, only to find today that he is failing at the task. He then reminisces of his past escapades, how he could go on and on, finally releasing his supply (ejaculating) through his demon’s eye (no explanation needed here, I hope) when he was finally ready to do so ... but today finds that his prolific sexual prowess is apparently a thing of the past. Acquiescing to this humbling and embarrassing realization, he commiserates while stating the obvious fact that there is no easy way to simply flick a switch on that will make his train (his penis which will not stay erect) burn down the tracks (the vagina) again. Instead, he will have to teach it to burn (down the tracks) again ... though he does not seem to know yet just how to prevent perpetuating his sexual frustration. ‘Ain’t no empty cellar’ (the woman’s vagina) ‘needs a gone dead train’ (an impotent man’s penis) ... or in other words, no woman wants a soft, impotent man during sex, and he knows that ... so he’s gonna have to teach it to learn, to teach it to burn ...
‘Gone Dead Train’, originally performed by Danny Whitten of Crazy Horse, is a clever but dirty story about the frustration the subject is experiencing due to his erectile disfunction. The engine is the male penis, the cellar is the female vagina (i.e. the old saying ‘bottom-knocking’). The beginning of the song relates the man’s arrogance about how he envisions his reputation to be that of a ‘stud’, only to find today that he is failing at the task. He then reminisces of his past escapades, how he could go on and on, finally releasing his supply (ejaculating) through his demon’s eye (no explanation needed here, I hope) when he was finally ready to do so ... but today finds that his prolific sexual prowess is apparently a thing of the past. Acquiescing to this humbling and embarrassing realization, he commiserates while stating the obvious fact that there is no easy way to simply flick a switch on that will make his train (his penis which will not stay erect) burn down the tracks (the vagina) again. Instead, he will have to teach it to burn (down the tracks) again ... though he does not seem to know yet just how to prevent perpetuating his sexual frustration. ‘Ain’t no empty cellar’ (the woman’s vagina) ‘needs a gone dead train’ (an impotent man’s penis) ... or in other words, no woman wants a soft, impotent man during sex, and he knows that ... so he’s gonna have to teach it to learn, to teach it to burn ...
@Hicoselman You nailed it. Pun intended. I will add that the band is hot. I just listened to it 8 times
@Hicoselman You nailed it. Pun intended. I will add that the band is hot. I just listened to it 8 times