Special Steam Lines-Bukka White

[ti:Special Steam Lines] [ar:Bukka White] [al:The Blues Legends, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Special Steam Lines - Bukka White [00:01.29]That's that fast special streamline [00:03.13]Leavin' outta memphis tennessee goin' into new orleans [00:05.68]She runnin' so fast the hobos don't fool with this train [00:08.39]They stand on the track with their hat in their hands [00:10.40] [00:11.31]I had a friend girl that mornin' was catchin' that train [00:13.46]She got up singin' this song [00:14.49] [00:16.05]Hey dad I'm sorry to leave my home [00:20.19]Mm mm mm [00:21.99]Lord lord lord lordy [00:25.81] [00:26.90]She heard that 8:30 local blowin' that mornin' [00:28.59]She hadn't rid the train in a good while [00:30.41]She thought it'd have that special streamline [00:31.69] [00:32.32]She heard at 8:30 local when she is comin' to the line [00:34.51]Declared up for that streamline [00:35.78]Blowin' like this [00:36.36] [00:42.79]She said daddy is that my train [00:44.31]I say I ain't keepin' up with the train time [00:46.21]I'm tryin a make a few dimes [00:47.78]She dropped her head went to singin' an cryin' [00:49.29] [00:50.80]It's alright how you turn me down [00:54.47] [00:55.18]Mm mm mm [00:56.63]I ain't got a dime [01:01.32]After she called for a ticket [01:02.64]She heard this special streamline [01:04.03]Going 36 miles from memphis tennessee [01:06.16]Make ya lonesome now [01:07.22]Cause I hobo myself sometimes [01:08.62] [01:15.21]Man asks her where the other train [01:16.41]She told him she didn't know [01:17.61]If she heard a bell she could tell him all about it [01:19.22]As she dropped over that hill [01:20.44]And stopped off in the valley [01:21.60]She heard the bell begin to toll like this [01:23.14] [01:24.65]Make a sound like a church bell toll [01:26.39] [01:30.30]Before she got to that ten mile tunnel [01:31.84]She blowed and throw'd on the airbrakes [01:33.40] [01:39.11]Airbrakes [01:39.77] [01:43.61]When she got to that ten mile tunnel [01:45.03]She was gettin' close [01:45.98]She was tippin cars on automatic switch [01:47.34]Gettin' her water and coal on the fly [01:48.68] [01:49.19]You could hear her when she was strikin' [01:50.69]That double iron like this [01:51.77] [01:59.30]When she run 'cross the last one [02:00.73]She squalled in [02:01.37] [02:07.90]This girl looked out an seen that train [02:09.41]She commenced to singin' an cryin' [02:10.49] [02:11.87]Hey dad I don't wanna leave [02:15.83]Mm mm [02:16.80] [02:17.39]I believe I'll lose my mind [02:21.91]When that train got a little closer down to new orleans [02:23.68]She went around that curve [02:24.66]You would hear her when she's blowin' like this [02:26.19] [02:33.08]The people's always standin' at the station [02:34.47]Lyin' there to see that train come in [02:36.33]You would hear her when she squalls [02:37.84] [02:50.70]Boy everywhere but here