Name: the old railway line
Duration: P00H03M25S
Description: Set in 1974. A ten year old boy goes for one of many walks along the old unused Dundonald Railway Line...

the old railway line

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Set in 1974. A ten year old boy goes for one of many walks along the old unused Dundonald Railway Line...

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The Old Railway Line (1974)

1974 under a summer sun
suburban noises
and songs on radios
coming from open windows
days spent outside
right up ‘til sunset
things to make and do
and places to go

like the old railway line
the old railway line…

so I set off on a tack
along the rusty railway track
balancing on the steel rails
following the flow of the line
on a journey, of an old world
where no trains have passed
since the old days
and in this place…

I can be Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
or the man from U.N.C.L.E. or me
I can be Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
or The Sundance Kid or even me

on the old railway line
on the old railway line

it always has to end
it’s the way it has to be
it’s back to the grey
and to life once more
in the old house
but while I’m here
walking along the old railway line…

here I can be Tom Sawyer
or Steve McQueen
or the man from U.N.C.L.E. or me
I can be Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
or The Sundance Kid or me

I can be Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
or The Man With The Golden Gun or me
Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
Roger Moore or Christopher Lee

Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
or Scaramanga or me
I can be Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
or anything I want to be

on the old railway line
on the old railway line
on the old railway line

I can be Tom Sawyer or Steve McQueen
or anything I want to be

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released August 15, 2022
the old railway line - written, played & produced by Ian Livingstone.
© livingstonemusic 2022

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