The Night Country

for february 2010, fireball wrote a bunch of words and sent them out to farflung folks to put them to music. seventeen songs came back from that venture. fireball added a little bit to many of the songs, with mixed results. here is information about the songs.

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ten thousand iron horses

      words by fireball

They said 14 people died because the vodka
was tainted with poison alcohol.
So we walked the winter streets of January...
Couldn't toast the new year anywhere at all.

Ten thousand iron horsemen
Two long iron rails

We were far far away from any ocean
As the train slowly rolled out of town.
Bactrian dreams plod the desert.
A piece of time and a wide stretch of ground.

Ten thousand iron horsemen
Two long parallel rails

In a station far from the city
The kiosk sold cheap beer in cans
Throat singing echoed off the high roof
Over the horsemen in the fury of their dance

Ten thousand iron horsemen
Galloping along the iron trail
Two horsemen from far nations
Two long unbroken rails

The rails split and come together
Infinitudes of places they may go
Two horsemen now are approaching
The wind begins to blow

Ten thousand iron horsemen
Galloping along the iron trail
Two horsemen in a far nation
Two long unbroken rails

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