The Night Country
for february 2010, fireball wrote a bunch of words and sent them out to farflung folks to put them to music. seventeen songs came back from that venture. fireball added a little bit to many of the songs, with mixed results. here is information about the songs.
back to the FAWM 2010 songlist
ten thousand iron horses
words by fireball
They said 14 people died because the vodka
Ten thousand iron horsemen
We were far far away from any ocean
Ten thousand iron horsemen
In a station far from the city
Ten thousand iron horsemen
The rails split and come together
Ten thousand iron horsemen
was tainted with poison alcohol.
So we walked the winter streets of January...
Couldn't toast the new year anywhere at all.
Two long iron rails
As the train slowly rolled out of town.
Bactrian dreams plod the desert.
A piece of time and a wide stretch of ground.
Two long parallel rails
The kiosk sold cheap beer in cans
Throat singing echoed off the high roof
Over the horsemen in the fury of their dance
Galloping along the iron trail
Two horsemen from far nations
Two long unbroken rails
Infinitudes of places they may go
Two horsemen now are approaching
The wind begins to blow
Galloping along the iron trail
Two horsemen in a far nation
Two long unbroken rails