[edit] Career
Henson's career started in his home state of Oklahoma, performing at clubs around Oklahoma City and Tulsa. His family was active in politics and raised buffalo on a ranch outside Oklahoma City. In the mid 1960s, Henson moved to Nashville and became a member of the vocal group The Kimberlys. After leaving the group, Henson started on his solo career, and in 1967, he signed with Monument Records, and he immediately scored in a big way with a song called "Skip a Rope". The song became a huge hit, spending six weeks at Number 1 on the country charts in 1968 and also making the Top 25 on the Pop charts.
[edit] After Skip a Rope and Later Career
After "Skip a Rope", Cargill continued to have Top 20 hits with such songs as "Row Row Row" (1968), "None Of My Business" (his only other Top 10) (1969), and "The Most Uncomplicated Goodbye I Ever Heard" (1970). Later, he had a television show, Country Hayride, and performed for many years in Reno and Las Vegas. Johnny Cash was godfather to his oldest son, Cash.
After leaving Monument Records, Henson moved to Mega Records in 1971, where he scored several minor hits. In 1973, he made a strong comeback to the charts when he signed with Atlantic Records and scored 2 Top 30 hits in 1974 with "Some Old California Memory" and a version of Mac Davis' "Stop And Smell The Roses". In 1980, he formed his own record label Copper Mountain Records and he scored his last Top 30 hit that year with "Silence On The Line". In the late 1980s he retired to Oklahoma City and died on March 24, 2007
She Thinks I'm on That Train
Henson Cargill Lyrics
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And the one I love is waiting for won't be there to step down
Right now they're braidin' rope to hang a man who's not to blame
Back home my love is waitin' she thinks I'm on that train
She'll be there if the sun is shinin' she'll be there if it's pourin' rain
She'll be there with little Jimmy a little man with my last name
But the angry town denied the cry of a stranger's alibi
My cries out for all the unsaid things I'd like to say
The things I should have done will all be left undone today
I never knew until today that time's a precious thing
Back home my love is waitin' she thinks I'm on that train
She'll be there if the sun is shinin'...
She'll be there if the sun is shinin'...
The lyrics of Henson Cargill's song "She Thinks I'm on That Train" tells a sorrowful story about a man who is wrongly accused of a crime and is forced to leave town to avoid being arrested and possibly hanged. The man's lover is waiting for him to arrive on a train, unaware that he is not on board and is actually in hiding. The man expresses regret for not saying or doing the things he wished he had before leaving town, but also acknowledges the importance of time and how it cannot be wasted.
The opening lines of the song describe the train that has left that stops in the singer's hometown. He is unable to board that train and arrive at his hometown because he knows he is wanted for a crime that he did not commit. This is followed by a line that tells us that his lover is waiting for him at the station but he will not show up. The singer then reveals the reason why he is not taking the train and that is because a man is going to be hanged for a crime he did not commit. The singer fears he too will face the same fate if he is caught. The chorus conveys the message that his lover is waiting for him and she believes he is on the train, but little does she know that he is actually in hiding.
The second stanza of the song reflects on the things that the singer could not do or say before leaving town. He laments that he never realized how precious time is until now. The singer ends the song by saying that his lover is still waiting for him, not giving up on the dream of being reunited with the man she loves.
Line by Line Meaning
Today the train pulled out of here that stops in my hometown
The train that stops in my hometown has just left
And the one I love is waiting for won't be there to step down
The person I love is waiting at the station, but I won't be there
Right now they're braidin' rope to hang a man who's not to blame
An innocent person is being punished and sentenced to death
Back home my love is waitin' she thinks I'm on that train
The person I love believes I'm on the train heading back home
She'll be there if the sun is shinin' she'll be there if it's pourin' rain
The person I love will be at the station regardless of the weather
She'll be there with little Jimmy a little man with my last name
The person I love will be there with our child, Jimmy
But the angry town denied the cry of a stranger's alibi
The town refuses to believe the plea of an outsider's innocence
She's just waitin' for the shattered dream she thinks I'm on that train
The person I love is waiting for a dream that won't come true because I'm not on the train
My cries out for all the unsaid things I'd like to say
I regret not saying things that I should have said
The things I should have done will all be left undone today
I regret not doing things that I should have done before leaving
I never knew until today that time's a precious thing
I realize that time is valuable and should not be wasted
Back home my love is waitin' she thinks I'm on that train
The person I love believes I'm on the train heading back home
She'll be there if the sun is shinin'...
The person I love will be at the station regardless of the weather
She'll be there if the sun is shinin'...
The person I love will be at the station regardless of the weather
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Ron Taylor
on So Many Ways of Saying She's Gone
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