THOUGHT IT WAS A JET PLANE [ country-rock ]    Well, I was born south of the river on the wrong side of the railroad tracks    We were all dirt poor and hungry, barely kept a shirt on our backs    I used to lay awake and shiver next to my kin'folk in the winter chill    Listenin’ for that midnight rumble to come roarin’ down the hill    Thought it was a jet plane, but it was just an ol’ train    Windin' its way down through history    Thought I heard a voice say, "better call the right name    Hop on board for eternity”    Now here in LA, on the busy freeway, I’m tryin’ my best just to survive    Stuck in the slow lane of a fast-pace city game, Lord I’m lucky to be alive    In the heat of the day out on the truck bay, between unloadin’ them    whiskey boxes    Someone swears, “there must be more to life than death and taxes"    Thought it was a jet plane, but it was just an ol’ train    Windin' its way down through history    Thought I heard a voice say, “better call the right name    Hop on board for eternity"    Maybe tomorrow, I'll see what I can borrow, head on back where I was raised    In black earth country where life’s slow an' easy and a new dawn’s somethin’    to be praised    Guess what we believe or refuse to believe, what's true, in fact, remains    the same    Win or lose, we all get to choose and in the end there’ll be no one else left    to blame    Thought it was a jet plane, but it was just an ol’ train    Windin' its way down through history    Thought I heard a voice say, “better call the right name    Hop on board for eternity"    Hear what the voice says, call "Jesus"    Hop on board for eternity * * Inspired by a Mark Twain story, where he describes how a steamboat seen for the first time coming down the Mississippi River at night, all lighted up spewing fire and smoke, is mistaken for Elijah's chariot.  Also inspired by Sam Cooke:  "...change is gonna come, oh, yes it is."             Copyright © 2006 by Richard Aberdeen Copyright © 2007 by Freedom Tracks Music No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher and signed by the author.  Inquiries: Freedom Tracks Music ~ Records, 292 Trails Circle, Nashville, TN 37214 or requested via eMail.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.