Long Train Running
Traks Lyrics

Down around the corner half a mile from here
The song opens up with a geographic clue – a location for the setting of the song.

See them long trains run and you watch them disappear
People witness the long trains move by and then vanish and become invisible.

Without love where would you be now, right now
The song emphasizes the importance of love and how people would be in a difficult place without it.

Without love, without love, without love
The repetition of the phrase 'without love' underscores the significance of love, conveying its absence would produce a somber effect on people.

Though I saw miss Lucy down along the track
The lyrics narrate an incident where the artist saw a person named Miss Lucy on a railway track.

She lost her home and her family and she won t be coming back
The song portrays a tragic story of Miss Lucy, who lost her family and became homeless, never to return.

Without love where would you be now, right now, right now
Once again, the song highlights how important love is to people in difficult times.

Well the Illinois Central and the Southern Central Freight
The song mentions the two freight companies in Illinois and the south of America.

You got to keep on pushing mamma you know they're running late
The message to the artist’s mother is to continue working hard since the freight companies are behind their schedule.

Without love where would you be now
The lyrics reiterate the importance of love in everyday life.

Without love, love, love, love
The repetition of the word love reflects the significance of the idea in the song.

Long, long, long train running
The song starts repeating the chorus, emphasizing the long train's journey.

When the pistons keep on turning and he wheels go round and round
The lyrics describe the machinery behind the train's operation to reveal the complexities involved.

And the steel rails are cold and hard and the mountains they go down
The song highlights the cold and hard outer shell of the train amid the vast landscape of mountains.

Without love where would you be now
Again, the song manages to emphasize the essentiality of love in difficult times.

Without love, love, love, love, love
The repetition of 'love' amplifies its relevance, laying stress on the importance of the same in people’s lives.

I say long, long, long train running
The chorus is being repeated again, creating an impression of the long train running for an extended period.

Long, long, long train running
A sense of urgency is conveyed through the repetition of the chorus.

Long, long, long train running
The song repeats the same line, once more reinforcing the extended length of the train journey.

Long, long, long train running
The lyrics repeat the same phrase as the chorus continues to be reiterated.

Long, long, long train running
The last repetition of the chorus leaves a lasting impression in the minds of the audience, signaling the conclusion of the song.