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she is moving like a piston
driven by the steam
her hair flies away like crazy
dancing in the wind

she knows where she is going
leaving where she’s been
knows what it is she’s racing
as the fire inside her sings

she is carrying the ghosts of apostles on the tracks
when she comes up to the ocean
she will turn and bring them back
and though everyone’s a hobo
she will never need to ask
suitors fall behind her
like apostles on the tracks
apostles on the tracks

she’s the mother of a nation
she bore her children west
the hope she put in motion
has tamed a wilderness

she knows the way she’s taken
is the freedom of a dream
she’s an idea given meaning
bringing eden within reach

she is carrying the ghosts of apostles on the tracks
when she comes up to the ocean
she will turn and bring them back
and though everyone’s a hobo
she will never need to ask
suitors fall behind her
like apostles on the tracks
apostles on the tracks
on the tracks
on the tracks

just when she reached a pinnacle
we thought everything could last
the herald of the future
became a derelict in the past

once out-running buffalo
now in shadows standing still
occasionally remembering
her thunder
and the thrill

she is carrying the ghosts of apostles on the tracks
when she comes up to the ocean
she will turn and bring them back
and though everyone’s a hobo
she will never need to ask
her suitors fall behind her
like apostles on the tracks
apostles on the tracks
apostles on the tracks
apostles on the tracks

© tim o’connor 2014

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from Returning to the Sea, released November 19, 2014

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018- ... more

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