RIDE THE TRAIN- Journeys- Composed By Abie Rotenberg- Journeys 2
Come on and ride the train,
Step on board, take your ticket, no two are the same,
You’ll soon be going for a ride,
There’s nowhere to run, no place to hide,
You’re ridin’, ridin’, ridin’ on the train.
But you try to check your ticket,
And you don’t know what it means,
Will you get to sit on velvet and dine on fine cuisine.
Or is it your place to be upon a worn out wooden seat,
With a slice of old and crust bread,
Your only food to eat.
Come on and ride the train,
The doors are closed, the whistle’s blowing,
Now you must remain.
The locomotive’s on a roll,
There’s just some things you can’t control,
You’re ridin’, ridin’, ridin’ on the train.
So you ask an older passenger,
‘How long will this ride be?’
He says, ‘Sorry son, I can’t say, there is no guarantee.
It might be the next station, we’ll be there in no time.
But
maybe if you’re lucky,
You can stay till the end of the line.’
Then you take a walk all through the train,
Each box car one by one.
Most are filled with people saying, ‘This ride’s just for fun.
Why think about tomorrow, when you’ve got today instead?
Sit back, enjoy the view,
There’s miles and miles of rail ahead.’
Ride the train,
Come on, ride the train…
(x2)
But one car seems so different,
Inhabited by few,
Who say there is no time to
waste, We’re only passing through.
The choices that you make today, are all that’s gonna last.
This train is moving down the track,
And it’s moving awful fast.
Come on and ride the train,
Step on board, take your ticket, no two are the same,
You’ll soon be going for a ride,
There’s nowhere to run, no place to hide,
You’re ridin’, ridin’, ridin’ on the train.
Woo woo...
1-Come on, ride the train, hey, ride it, woo woo
Come on, ride the train, hey, ride it, woo woo
Come on, ride the train, woo woo, hey
Ride it, woo woo
Come on, ride the train
Woo woo, hey, ride it, woo woo
Come on, ride the train
It's the choo choo, ride it, woo woo
Come on, ride the train, it's the
choo choo train
Come on, ride the train, it's the choo choo
Ride it, woo woo
Come on, ride the train, it's the choo choo train
2-Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
I think I can, I think I can
I think I can, I think I can
Way deep down south, well we play this game
It's them Quad City D.J.'s and you,
We call it "the
train"
So if you wanna ride your thing
Just come on down the train
We gonna rock, ooh, Lord, just jump aboard, baby
So get your next of kin, your sister and your friend
Pack it up now, choo choo, ride on this, choo choo
And, boo, you need to stop faking, and come on with me
I wanna take you home with me, to be alone with me
And I can see you wanna hide it, come
on, just divide it
And please don't knock it, until you ride it
So to all of you girls, you know, I'm calling your name
Michelle, Tamika and Tanya
Wanna ride this train, ride out now
(repeat 1)
3-If you feel like dancing, well come on, it's up to you
We got the sound to keep you getting down, down
The train is coming through
(repeat 2,
2)
I can smell them tranquil breezes from a mile away
Graduated from Boone up to Alize
Baby, you looking tough to death
Got your weave done right, it's on so tight
Now it's on tonight, yeah, yeah
Right about now it's about that time for me to holler
Girl, I wanna waller in the back of my Impala
Woo, don't need no tickets for this
thing
Just jump on in, let me hit them switches on the train
And it ain't no thing, it's all the same
Get on the train tracks
Here we go, so get on the floor
And put a hump in your back
So pack your bags, come on, get ready, say what?
We're coming through your town
Move your arm up and down
And make that choo choo sound, like this
Ride that choo choo, woo woo...
Come on it's the choo choo, woo woo
Come on it's the choo choo train
(rpt 3, 2, 2)