Bukka White - Streamline Special Lyrics
Spoken:That's that fast Special StreamlineLeavin' outta Memphis, TennesseeGoin' into New Orleans.She runnin' so fast the hobos don'tfool with this train. They stand on thetrack with their hat in their hands.I had a friend girl that mornin' wascatchin' that train.She got up singin' this song:Sings:'Hey Dad, I'm sorry to leave my homeMm-mm-mmLord, Lord, Lord, Lordy'Spoken:She heard that 8:30 local blowin' thatmornin'. She hadn't rid the train in a good while.She thought it'd have that Special Streamline.She heard at 8:30 local when she is comin'to the line, declared up for that StreamlineBlowin' like this:(plays guitar w/wshbrd)She said, 'Daddy, is that my train?'I say, I ain't keepin' up with the train timeI'm tryin-a make a few dimes.'She dropped her head went to singin'an cryin':Sings:'It's alright how you turn me downMm-mm-mmI ain't got a dimeSpoken:After she called for a ticketShe heard this Special Streamlinegoing 36 miles from Memphis, Tennessee.Make ya lonesome, nowCause I'm a hobo myself, sometimes.(plays guitar & w/wshbrd)Man asks her, 'Where the other train?'She told him she didn't knowIf she heard a bell she could tell him all about it.As she dropped over that hillAnd stopped off in the valleyShe heard the bell begin to toll like this:(plays guitar w/wshbrd)'Make a sound like a church bell toll'.Before she got to that ten mile tunnelShe blowed and throw'd on the airbrakes.(plays guitar & w/wshbrd)Airbrakes!When she got to that ten mile tunnelShe was gettin' closeShe was tippin cars on automatic switchGettin' her water and coal on the flyYou could hear her when she was strikin'that double iron like this:(plays guitar w/wshbrd)When she run 'cross the last oneShe squalled in.(plays guitar w/wshbrd)This girl looked out an seen that trainShe commenced to singin' an cryin'.Sings:'Hey, dad I don't wanna leave'Mm-mmI believe I'll lose my mind'When that train got a little closerdown to New Orleans, she went aroundthat curve, you would hear herwhen she's blowin' like this:(plays guitar w/wshbrd)The people's always standin' at the stationLyin' there to see that train come in.You would hear her when she squalls.(plays guitar w/wshbrd - to end)Spoken:'Boy, ev'rywhere but here'~
