Lyrics to
Gone Dead Train

This version of Gone Dead Train was released by Nazareth in 1977.

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It’s a gone dead train
Yes, it’s a gone dead train

My engine was pumpin’ steam
And I was grindin’ at you hard and fast
Burnin’ down the rails, tryin’ to heat the way
Haulin’ ass and ridin’ up the track
And I laughed at the conductor who was tellin’ me my coal
It would never last

But then the fire in my boiler
Up and quit before I came
Ain’t no empty cellar
Like a gone dead train

Once was at a time when I could
Mama shave ’em dry
And raise a fever ice-down chill
Waitin’ at the station
With a heavy loaded sack
Savin’ up and holdin’ just to spill
Shootin’ my supply through my demon’s eye
Instead of holdin’ my time, I hope I will

But then the fire in my boiler
Up and quit before I came
There ain’t no empty cellar
Needs a gone dead train

Yes it’s a gone dead train
I’m gonna teach it to learn now, now
It’s a gone dead train
Yes it’s a gone dead train
I’m gonna teach it to learn now, now
It’s a gone dead train
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to learn

There ain’t no easy day
When your daily run’s a downhill pull
And there ain’t no easy way
Wishin’ for some jelly roll
There ain’t no switch been made
To make your juicy lemon find
A spring to run a dry well full

But then the fire in my boiler
Up and quit before I came
Ain’t no empty cellar
Needs a gone dead train

Yes it’s a gone dead train
I’m gonna teach it to learn
You know it’s a gone dead train
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn
It’s a gone dead train
It’s a gone dead train, you gotta learn
It’s a gone dead train
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn.

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Nazareth has released many songs over the years besides Gone Dead Train. Nazareth released songs from 1971 to 1998 spanning across albums like Nazareth, Excercises, Razamanaz, Loud 'N' Proud, Rampant, Hair Of The Dog, Play 'N' The Game, Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll, Expect No Mercy, No Mean City, Malice In Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, Sound Elixir, The Catch, Cinema, Snakes 'N' Ladders, No Jive, From The Vaults, Move Me, and Boogaloo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nazareth.

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About Lyrics and Gone Dead Train by Nazareth

The lyrics for Gone Dead Train are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Nazareth. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Gone Dead Train have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Gone Dead Train - Nazareth and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Gone Dead Train by Nazareth in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Gone Dead Train" means the words set to the music of Gone Dead Train, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Gone Dead Train and the lyrics to Gone Dead Train are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Gone Dead Train, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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