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crossroads - bill poss lyrics

[verse 1]
i grew up at the crossroads of the illinois central line
all night long we’d hear the whistles blow
sometimes after midnight, my daddy’d stumble in
voices started rising from below

daddy had some money, he owned the grain and feed
he was a well respected man
but he drank too much whiskey, more than any man should need
he came home with an empty heart and a heavy hand

[chorus]
a rich man hears a whistle blow and he hears the sound of money
a mother hears a train that took her baby away
a young man hears a long slow ride to a land of milk and honey
and the sound of his mama crying in the kitchen
as the train rolls away

[verse 2]
it was a cold december dawn when i heard the front door slam
i knew he was looking for a fight
in my bedroom i lay trembling in hatred and in fear
and darkness barely touched by the morning light

through the house he rumbled, through the house he roared
nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
when my mama hit the floor, i swore that it would end
i set my mind on the barrel of his gun
[chorus]
a rich man hears a whistle blow and he hears the sound of money
a mother hears a train that took her baby away
a young man hears a long slow ride to a land of milk and honey
and the sound of his mama crying in the kitchen
as the train rolled away

[verse 3]
there’s a shotgun in a box car in a freight train headed west
and me, i’m in a cold car rolling south
many are the miles in my future that i see
and no more fear inside my mother’s house

we once lived in fear together now we’re safe but all alone
i swear at night, i can hear my mama cry
as the trains keeps rolling, and the whistle keeps blowing
at the crossroads on the illinois central line

[chorus]
a rich man hears a whistle blow and he hears the sound of money
a mother hears the train that took her baby away
a young man hears a long slow ride to a land of milk and honey
and the sound of his mama crying in the kitchen
as the train rolls away

[outro]
i hear the sound of a long slow ride to a land of milk and the honey
and the sound of my mama crying in the kitchen
as the train roll away
(hoo hoo)

- bill poss lyrics

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