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The Skeena (Runnin' Late)

from From the Railyard to the Woodyard by Ryan McCord

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Train Songs usually tell the tale of legendary trains
Racing through the mountains, out across the open plains
You’ve heard about the cannonball, the fastest of them all
But this one’s called the Skeena and she’s always running late

Running Late, Running Late
We’re riding on the Skeena and we’re always running late
Running Late, Running Late
We’re riding on the Skeena and we’re always running late
We’re riding on the Skeena and we’re always running late

From Jasper to Prince Rupert there’s a train that makes its way
It’s seven hundred miles but it takes it two whole days
We’re stopped behind a freight train that has broke down on the main
It’s stop and go and stop and go and now we’re stopped again

In the summertime it’s late and in the wintertime it’s late
We’re sitting in the siding waiting for another freight
The railway makes its money hauling tons and tons of coal
They don’t need us tourists, so they stick us in the hole

We got boatloads full of sea-cans docking on the western shore
We put them on the railroad to be shipped to eastern stores
A trainload full of toys you gotta keep that moving fast
So a passenger to Smithers gets stuck in second class

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from From the Railyard to the Woodyard, released December 21, 2020

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Ryan McCord Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

I live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. I’m a window cleaner in my spare time. I learned to play guitar from sitting around the campfire with my friends. When I’m not playing music, I like riding my bike, canoeing, welding, and building castles out of snow and ice. ... more

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