Lyrics to
Slow Train

This version of Slow Train was released by Status Quo in 1974.

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I can’t afford a ticket on an old Dakota airplane
I gotta jump a ride on a cattle-trucking slow train
I guess it doesn’t matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun

I wrote a rockin’ song, gonna sing it at the station
I’ll finish all the words when I reach my destination
I guess it doesn’t matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun

Hey mama, please now don’t you fret none
Don’t worry, but please don’t you forget
Hey mama, please don’t get upset none
I gotta leave to find me something better

Hey mama, things gonna work out fine now
Believe me, no need for you to write
Hey mama, things gonna work out fine now
I gotta friend who said that she’d invite me

I came here in the morning and I crept out in the middle of night
I gave nobody warning I was leaving and I felt it was right
Now I’m off again, it sure is feeling all right

Got a feeling that I’m leaving with a ticket and I won’t jump a ride
It’s no good you believing that my leaving was a wrong, it was right
Now I’m off again, it sure is feeling all right

I can’t afford a ticket on an old Dakota airplane
I gotta jump a ride on a cattle-trucking slow train
I guess it doesn’t matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun

I wrote a rockin’ song, gonna sing it at the station
I’ll finish all the words when I reach my destination
I guess it doesn’t matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun
I guess it doesn’t matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun
I guess it doesn’t matter
As long as I can get my head down in the sun

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Status Quo has released many songs over the years besides Slow Train. Status Quo released songs from 1968 to 2007 spanning across albums like Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo, Spare Parts, Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On The Level, Blue For You, Rockin' All Over The World, If You Can't Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want, Just Supposin', Never Too Late, 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain't Complaining, Perfect Remedy, Rock 'Til You Drop, Thirsty Work, Don't Stop, Under The Influence, Famous In The Last Century, Heavy Traffic, The Party Ain't Over Yet, and In Search Of The Fourth Chord. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Status Quo.

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About Lyrics and Slow Train by Status Quo

The lyrics to Slow Train are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Status Quo used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Slow Train have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Status Quo and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Slow Train by Status Quo. 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 Slow Train" means the words set to the music of Slow Train, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Slow Train and the lyrics to Slow Train are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Slow Train, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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