Hallo zusammen
Bin schon seit langem auf der Suche nach einem Lied. Es dürfte meines Wissens aus der Zeit von 1970-1980 sein und handelt von einem Geisterzug der am Himmel entlangfährt. Das ganze ist allerdings in Englisch und wurde von einem Mann gesungen… kann jemand mit diesen etwas dürftigen Infos anfangen?
Grüßle und schon mal vielen Dank
Frank K.
Spanish Train?
Hi Frank,
spontan faellt mir dazu nur „Spanish Train“ von Chris de Burgh ein:
There’s a Spanish train that runs between
Guadalquivir and old Seville,
And at dead of night the whistle blows,
And people hear she’s running still…
And then they hush their children back to sleep, Lock the doors, upstairs they creep,
For it is said that the souls of the dead
Fill that train ten thousand deep!!
Well a railwayman lay dying with his people by his side,
His family were crying, knelt in prayer before he died,
But above his bed just a -waiting for the dead,
Was the Devil with a twinkle in his eye,
"Well God’s not around and look what I’ve found,
this one’s mine!!
Just then the Lord himself appeared in a blinding flash of light,
And shouted at the Devil,„Get thee hence to endless night!!“
But the Devil just grinned and said „I may have sinned,
But there’s no need to push me around.
I got him first so you can do your worst,
he’s going underground!!“
„But I think I’ll give you one more chance“
said the Devil with a smile,
„So throw away that stupid lance,
it’s really not your style,“
„Joker is the name, Paoker is the game
we’ll play right here on this bed,
And then we’ll bet for the biggest stakes yet,
the souls of the dead!!“
And I said „Look out, Lord, he’s going to win,
Then sun is down and the night is riding in,
That train is dead on time, many souls are on the line,
Oh Lord, he’s going to win!!“
Well the railwayman he cut the cards
and he dealt them each a hand of five
And for the Lord he was praying hard
or that train he’d have to drive…
Well the Devil he had three aces and a king
and the Lord he was running for a straight,
he had the queen and the knave and the nine and ten of spades,
All he needed was the eight…
And then the Lord he called for one more card,
but he drew the diamond eight,
And the Devil said to the son of God,
"I believe you’ve got it straight,
So deal me one for the time has come
to see who’ll be king of this place,
But as he spoke, from beneath his cloak,
he slipped another ace…
Then thousand souls was the opening bid,
and it soon went up to fifty-nine,
But the Lord didn’t see waht the Devil did,
and he said „that suits me fine.“
Ï’ll raise you hight to a hundred and five,
and forever put an send to your sins,"
But the Devil let out a mighty shout, „My hand wins!!“
And I said „Lord, oh Lord, you let him win,
The sun is down and the night is riding in,
That train is dead on time, many souls are on the line,
Oh Lord, don’t let him win…“
Well that Spanish train still runs between,
Gaudalquivir and old Seville,
And at dead of night the whistle blows,
And people fear she’s running still…
And far away in some recess
The Lord and the Devil are playing chess,
The Devil still cheats and wins more souls,
And as for the Lord, well, he’s just doing his best…
And I said „Lord, oh Lord, you’ve got to win,
The sun is down and the night is riding in,
That train is still on time, Oh my soul is on the line,
Oh Lord, you’ve got to win…!“
Gruss
Ilka
Hi Ilka
Spanish Train war es leider nicht. Schade.
Trotzdem Danke
Frank K.
Hi Frank,
als ich dein Posting las, musste ich spontan an „Riders on the Storm“ von den Doors denken, aber das Lied ist es bestimmt nicht…Da kommt, glaube ich, kein Zug drin vor.
Dann habe ich mal bei Napster geschaut, da gibt es von folgenden Interpreten ein Lied namens „Ghost Train“:
Counting Crows
Marty Robbins
Marc Cohn
Ricky Lee Jones
August and everything after
Flying Cowboys
Rain King
Stranglers;
sowie von Madness „Waiting for the Ghost Train“.
Vielleicht hilft dir das ja weiter.
Gruß,
Delia
Hi Delia
Dann habe ich mal bei Napster geschaut, da gibt es von
folgenden Interpreten ein Lied namens „Ghost Train“:
Danke 
. Auf die Idee bin ich noch gar nicht gekommen. Dann werde ich dieses Wochenende die Titel mal durchprobieren und sehen ob’s dabei ist.
Grüßle und noch vielen Dank
Frank K.