This Train
Journey to Glory: This Train's Spiritual Ride
Lyrics
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train
This train does not allow gamblers, whiskey drinkers, and high flyers on board.
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train
-This train don't carry no gamblers,
-no whiskey drinkers, and no high flyers
-This train carry no gamblers, this train
-This train is bound for glory, this train
This train is destined for glory and carries only the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train
-This train is bound for glory,
-don't carry nothing, but the righteous and the holy
-This train bound for glory, this train
-This train don't carry no liars, this train
This train excludes liars, hypocrites, and high flyers; it is reserved for truthful individuals.
This train don't carry no liars, this train
-This train don't carry no liars,
-no hypocrites and no high flyers
-This train don't carry no liars, this train
-This train is built for speed, boy, this train
Emphasizes the speed of the train, describing it as the fastest ever seen.
This train is built for speed, now, this train
-This train is built for speed,
-fastest train you ever did see
-Now, this train is built for speed, boy, this train
-This train is solid black, oh, this train
Characterizes the train as solid black and suggests that once you embark, there's no return.
This train is solid black, oh, this train
-This train is solid black,
-when you go there you don't come back
-Oh, this train is built for glory, this train
Highlights the train's purpose for glory, rejecting segregation, discrimination, and Jim Crow laws.
This train don't fit no transportation on this train
-This train don't fit no transportation on this train
-This train, you know, don't fit no transportation,
-no Jim Crow and no discrimination on
-This train is bound for glory, this train
Expresses the train's impartiality, not caring about the passenger's race; everyone is treated equally.
This train don't care if you white or black on this train
-This train don't care if you white or black on this train
-This train don't care if you white or black,
-everybody's treated just like a man
-This train is bound for glory, this train
Reiterates the train's journey towards glory, emphasizing its exclusive passengers: the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train
-This train is bound for glory, this train
-This train is bound for glory,
-don't carry nothing but the righteous an' a holy
-This train is bound for glory, this train
-This train,
Repetition emphasizing the train's significance and destination.
This train,
-This train
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