“Long Black Train” by Josh Turner (Click here to listen)
There’s a long black train
Coming down the line
Feeding off the souls
that are lost and crying
Rails of sin only evil remains
Watch out brother
for that long black train
Look to the heavens
You can look to the skies
You can find redemption
Staring back into your eyes
There is protection
and there’s peace the same
Burnin’ your ticket
for that long black train
‘Cause there’s victory in the Lord I say
Victory in the Lord
Cling to the Father and his holy name
And don’t go riding on that long black train
There’s an engineer
on that long black train
Making you wonder
if your ride is worth the pain
He’s just a waitin’
on your heart to say
Let me ride
on that long black train
But you know there’s victory
in the Lord I say
Victory in the Lord
Cling to the Father
and his holy name
And don’t go riding
on that long black train
Well I can hear the whistle from a mile away
It sounds so good
But I must stay away
That train is a beauty making everybody stare
But its only destination is the middle of nowhere
But you know there’s victory in the Lord I say
Victory in the Lord
Cling to the Father and his holy name
And don’t go riding on that long black train
I said cling to the father
and his holy name
and don’t go ridin’
on that black train
Yes watch out brother for that long black train
That devil’s a drivin’
that long black train
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Joshua O. Turner
Long Black Train lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC,
Ole Media Management Lp
COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS SELECTION – “Three Wooden Crosses”
This is a sermon in a song, and if it were to be summarised in a sentence, the line, “I guess it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it’s what you leave behind you when you go,” would have to be it.
Jesus would want to remind us that our actions are immeasurably important compared to our words:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.” (Mt. 7:21)
Furthermore, we probably never know the impact of an action; rather, we leave it in God’s hands, who brings miracles from mundane acts.