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Get On The Train and Ride

from If I Walked on Water by Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires

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inspired by many many trips on New York City subways and trains at all hours of the day and night.

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If it's got four wheels, get on the train and ride,
In the early, early morning, especially if it's late at night,
If it's got four wheels, a conductor in the booth,
You can wait on the express, but it may not be no use,
If it's got four wheels, get on the train and ride

Whether by Long Island Railroad, or the Harlem Line,
Even The Path Train to the other side,
Much has been made of the ideal connection,
Isn't enough your headed in the right direction,
If it's got four wheels, get on the train and ride

If it's three a m and you feel a rumblin' in the floor,
Here comes the trash train, still you want to try and board,
You know it passes your stop but you see no where to hide,
Amble back toward the bench, and regret you didn't try
If it's got four wheels, get on the train and ride

They'll be crowded in the morning, worse in the afternoon,
If there ain't no empty seat, that don't mean there ain't no room, Though you might be cramming just a little bit,
If the door pries open, better squeeze a fit
It it's got four wheels, get on the train and ride

Subway system, subway platform, subway cars,
Moving forward, moving slowly, getting far,
Two steps forward, one step back,
The Brooklyn bounds trains on the uptown track,
If it's got four wheels, get on the train and ride

To be on your way, brings a certain piece of mind,
So hop on board, leave your troubles behind,
Though it rocks when it rolls, though it shakes a bit,
The MTA'll get you where you need to get,
If it's got four wheels, come on and hop on board

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from If I Walked on Water, released October 14, 2011

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Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires New Orleans, Louisiana

Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires stir up an intoxicating brew of the profound and the profane, of virtue and vice and most importantly the volatile in-between. Ted’s songs explore hope and hustlers, saints and strays, drifters and the down-and-out. The band brings these stories to life with the spontaneity of jazz, and the rough-hewn, bare-bones tone of backwoods rhythm and bllues. ... more

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