The Rail Yard Ghosts are currently comprised of Ms. RabbitTail Abigail and … Read Full Bio ↴The Rail Yard Ghosts are currently comprised of Ms. RabbitTail Abigail and Mr. Riley Coyote, who hope to expand and include other friends of the road in this band. They are a folk punk band based in Minnesota but are by default a nomadic tribe of screaming transients. Instrumentation includes RabbitTail on the fiddle, and Riley on the gitt-fiddle, though they are both versed in many others which you can hear on their upcoming LP. They have released one full length demo LP (North Country Demo) recorded at the tip of Northern MN as well as a short Live EP. Further recordings include a Punk Xmas album project that the two of them threw together, though it is not necessarily a RYG album. They are currently working hard on A NEW FULL LENGTH LP including re-recordings of some songs from “North Country,” and a whole lot more. Another Project in the making is a STRICTLY PUNK EP with a much more traditional Punk Band Feel… Check back often to download the coming EP and LP! Steel Reserve For Breakfast, anyone???? You can find them busking in Minneapolis, MN when they are inhabiting their home state.

Careless
Rail Yard Ghosts Lyrics

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Intro
We make everyday choices
To never root in places
People and planets I'd gladly call my own
Still every time I leave
It's harder here to see
When I come back will they still be around?
When I come back will you still be around?

I don't mean to be careless / With my wandering sickness
Another year of leaving just to go
Still every time I leave / It's harder to feel free
It's a distant life a world from / But it's the only life for me that holds some truth

We live a carefree life / That avoids all earthly time
Ramblin' dusty skies in worn down clothes

Still every time we leave / It's harder not to grieve
Our home are never the same when we return / For we are never the same when we return

Overall Meaning

The Rail Yard Ghosts' song "Careless" is a deep reflection on the life of a wandering individual who has chosen a life of constant travel and disconnection. The singer acknowledges their own "wandering sickness" and how it affects their relationships with people and places. They long to feel a sense of belonging and for a place to call their own, but the reality of their lifestyle means that each time they return to somewhere, it's hard to know if everything and everyone will still be there. The lyrics are filled with a sense of loss and melancholy, as the singer grapples with the consequences of their choices, but ultimately accepts that this is the only life that holds some truth for them.

The themes in the song have a universal quality to it, and speak to anyone who has ever felt the urge to travel, explore or wander, but also to those who have chosen to settle and in doing so may have possibly missed out on certain experiences. At its core, "Careless" is a song about the human desire to find a place in the world, and the tradeoffs that are inherent in making those choices.

Line by Line Meaning

We make everyday choices
We make choices every day

To never root in places
We don't stay in one place

People and planets I'd gladly call my own
There are people and places that we love

Still every time I leave
Every time we leave

It's harder here to see
It's harder to see the good things when we're away

When I come back will they still be around?
Will things and people still be the same when we return?

When I come back will you still be around?
Will you still be there for me when I return?

I don't mean to be careless / With my wandering sickness
I don't mean to be thoughtless about my desire to travel

Another year of leaving just to go
Another year of leaving to travel more

It's harder to feel free
It's harder to find the freedom we seek

It's a distant life a world from / But it's the only life for me that holds some truth
It's a different life, but it's the only one that feels true to me

We live a carefree life / That avoids all earthly time
We live a life that is free from the constraints of time

Ramblin' dusty skies in worn down clothes
Traveling through dusty skies in our worn clothes

It's harder not to grieve
It's hard not to feel sad when we return home

Our homes are never the same when we return / For we are never the same when we return
Things and people change, and so do we when we come back home

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Comments from YouTube:

@asestacker1712

40w↑2

Beautiful voice

@sageandlavender542

1y↑5

Omg ryg is one of my favorite bands of all time omg omg

@ghostyea9178

1y↑1

Fuckijg killed it

@zaddik2004

1y↑3

Wonderful to see another RYG song! Anybody know when this was recorded?

@jadisamiral9959

1y↑5

It's a cover of Rail Yard Ghosts I took from their Hiraeth album! I recorded this video 2-3 months ago but I think they recorded the album something like 5 or 6 years ago