Name: Great Trains in the Sky
Duration: P00H05M38S
Description: When Jonah was learning to speak, he was fascinated with trains (still is). Upon hearing thunder for the first time outside, he pointed to the clouds and said "TRAIN!". That sense of wonder inspired this song.

Great Trains in the Sky

from sire by Jamie Greer

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When Jonah was learning to speak, he was fascinated with trains (still is). Upon hearing thunder for the first time outside, he pointed to the clouds and said "TRAIN!". That sense of wonder inspired this song.

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Talk about the passion
Think about the pain
I'd been so jaded for so long
Taken for granted right from wrong
Drowned in drink and soiled in song
Until the day you came along

And then you opened up my eyes
I saw the truth behind those lies
How every moment is another wonder
Just like great trains in the sky

Like great big trains in the sky
Like sparkles on a butterfly
Like all the tears you cry
That fall like rain
Amidst those trains in the sky

Talk about tomorrow
Think about today
There's magic each and every day
If you can look beyond the grey
There's symphonies in every sigh
There's even hope in a good bye

You remind me nothing's as it seems
Only thing worth holding is your dreams
And waking up don't mean those dreams are over
Just like great trains in the sky

Talk about the future
Talk about my past
I sit and watch you from afar
Dancing to moonlight under stars
The breath of air your only fuel
In happiness there is no fool

And then you opened up my eyes
I saw the truth behind those lies
How every moment is another wonder
Just like great trains in the sky

credits

from sire, released August 15, 2017
Written by Jamie Greer
Arranged by Jamie Greer, Luc Michaud and Jake Von Dongen

The St. Elmo's Choir:
Jamie Greer: Lead Vocals
Kelly Nicholls: Backing Vocals
Luc Michaud: Lead & Rhythm Electric Guitar, Programming, Percussion
Sebastien "C-Bass" Larocque: Bass Guitar
Jake Van Dongen: Acoustic Guitar

Kelly Nicholls appears courtesy of The Hung Jury
C-Bass appears courtesy of The Hung Jury, Pitch Union and Super Mansion
Jake Van Dongen appears courtesy of Inoke Errati and The Last Salesman

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Jamie Greer Windsor, Ontario

Solo material by Jamie Greer, member of Vaudevillianaires, Golden Hands Before God, the unquiet dead, Magic Hall of Mirrors, Hung Jury. From Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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