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lyrics

I find myself running behind the train
That is carrying all of my dreams away from me.
I wish this were a dream, and I wish that I could wake up
To a nice hot meal on the train.

But I'm constantly running behind the train
And I can't stop stepping on the turtle shells
That are slippery from the rain.
I wish I had a chance to help this world advance
But I'm useless if I can't catch up to that train.

My friends all pass me by,
Riding horses of green and white
And I watch them dismount and step onto that train.
And my girl is reaching out to me
From a window that I cannot see
But I slip again and fall
Further behind the train.

I'm desperately running behind the train.
There's a band on the roof but I can't hear what they're playin'
Through the wind and the thunder and the rain
I see a silhouette in a flash of lightning
And it looks an awful lot like a shadow of me.

But I'm frantically running behind the train.
It's too dark to see but I hear them calling my name.
For that I can't give up,
But I know I'm not fast enough,
So now I'm just a fool that jumped off of that train.

And my family is on that train,
They have found their seats
And are out of the rain
And as they wonder where I am,
I'm screaming behind the train.
My future is on that train,
It shot me in the back and ran off with my brain.
But my debt I will collect if I can just get on that train.

But I'm too weak from running behind the train.
Every time I speak I only put myself to shame.
And if there's a god in the skies,
I'd like him to apologize,
But in the end I know it's only me I have to blame.

Here I am, running behind the train.
It feels like my whole life has been lived in vain.
I want my friends, I want my dreams
I want my girl, I want my family
But they're all on a train that my future stole away from me.

I want my friends, I want my dreams
I want my girl, I want my family
But they're all on a train that my future stole away from me.

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from Unidentified Funk Objective, released May 16, 2013

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Rob Coonrod Los Angeles, California

Rob “Fire” Coonrod is a guitarist, singer and songwriter hailing from Interlochen, MI. He studied Classical and Jazz guitar at Interlochen Arts Academy and then at CalArts and has taken influences from his many travels abroad to Europe and South America. Rob is currently living in Los Angeles playing acoustic rock shows and rocking out with his band, Three Trees. ... more

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