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Music Appreciation

happybird

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Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 07:37 PM

Mar 2025

Thinking about train songs and the opening lines of this kept popping into my head. Had listening fatigue from years of overplay on classic rock radio but damn. It’s a stellar song. Glad to rediscover it.

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Two songs with trains, one bound for nowhere, and another that had it's own name. [View all] Swede Mar 2025 OP

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