Fixing America In 500 Words Or Less Chapter 32 Thought it Was a Jet Plane [ song will load and play automatically ] Click Here for Music Video of this song       Well, I was born south of the river on the wrong side of the railroad tracks       We were all dirt poor and hungry, barely kept a shirt on our backs       I used to lay awake and shiver next to my kin'folk in the winter chill       Listenin’ for that midnight rumble to come roarin’ down the hill              Thought it was a jet plane, but it was just an ol’ train              Windin' its way down through history              Thought I heard a voice say, "better call the right name              Hop on board for eternity”       Now here in LA, on the busy freeway, I’m tryin’ my best just to survive       Stuck in the slow lane of a fast-pace city game, Lord I’m lucky to be alive       In the heat of the day out on the truck bay, between unloadin’ them              whiskey boxes       Someone swears, “there must be more to life than death and taxes"              Thought it was a jet plane, but it was just an ol’ train              Windin' its way down through history              Thought I heard a voice say, “better call the right name              Hop on board for eternity"       Maybe tomorrow, I'll see what I can borrow, head on back where I was raised       In black earth country where life’s slow an' easy and a new dawn’s somethin’              to be praised       Guess what we believe or refuse to believe, what's true, in fact, remains              the same       Win or lose, we all get to choose and in the end there’ll be no one else left              to blame       Thought it was a jet plane, but it was just an ol’ train              Windin' its way down through history              Thought I heard a voice say, “better call the right name              Hop on board for eternity"              Hear what the voice says, call "Jesus"              Hop on board for eternity * * Inspired by a Mark Twain story, where he describes how a steamboat seen for the first time coming down the Mississippi River at night, all lighted up spewing fire and smoke, is mistaken for Elijah's chariot.  Also inspired by Sam Cooke:  "...change is gonna come, oh, yes it is." Click to Go Back to Contents Other Books by Richard Aberdeen Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © by Richard Aberdeen Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author: Inquires click here.  Appendix Revolution and Revolution/Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as desired.