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A Train Robbery
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Levon Helm
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The foreman touched the cold steel lines
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The rail bed was frozen with ice
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In the distance an engine was keeping good time
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The steam whistle moaned just twice
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Down in the cut past the old Tressel bridge
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Twelve fine horses stood
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Masked men shivered in the cold on the ridge
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Not far from the Glendale woods
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The brass lamp shone from the swaying train
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When the driver saw the red light
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Her iron brakes sparked like silver rain
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And the metals screamed through the night
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The baggage man peered out to look for the fault
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When fear froze up his heart
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He was staring down the barrel of an army colt
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That threatened to tear him apart
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We will burn your train to cinders
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So throw the money on down
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Open up your damned express car
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And jump down to the ground
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But we won't touch that old pullman
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She's southern and they claim
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They ain't offer no reward
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For Frank and Jesse James
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Frank and Jesse James
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In long soldier's coats frayed with the years
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Quickly they scrambled aboard
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Men were a sweatin' and the women she'd tears
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And a preacher prayed to the Lord
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When they opened the safe there was nothing for them
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So they strode down through the train
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What a miserable sight these desperate men
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Robbin' old folks for their gold watch chains
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We will burn your train to cinders
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So throw the money on down
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Open up your damned express car
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And jump down to the ground
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But we won't touch that old pullman
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She's southern and they claim
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They ain't offer no reward
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For Frank and Jesse James
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Frank and Jesse James
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Now some say the devil had taken his soul
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Some say his spirit survived
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But we all know he was nothin' but a Missouri farm boy
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Just fighting to stay alive
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High above that railroad bed
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On a ridge where the pines grow tall
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If you listen to the wind, there's a ghost of a chance
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You can still hear ol' Jesse call
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We will burn your train to cinders
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So throw the money on down
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Open up your damned express car
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And jump down to the ground
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But we won't touch that old pullman
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She's southern and they claimed
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They ain't offer no reward
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For Frank and Jesse James
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For Frank and Jesse James
A Train Robbery - Levon Helm
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