Name: For Neil Young When He Turns 90
Duration: P00H04M31S
Description: Bonus track. This was part of the Shaker Chair recording sessions, but was left off the album. It's also on my first home-recorded album. I used to sing this to my kids as a lullaby.

For Neil Young When He Turns 90

from Shaker Chair by Rob Siegel

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Bonus track. This was part of the Shaker Chair recording sessions, but was left off the album. It's also on my first home-recorded album. I used to sing this to my kids as a lullaby.

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I am an old man
who dreams about trains
red and black railroads
that visit my brain
I can’t explain how
I don’t know just why
but I sometimes hear voices
that call from the sky
we ran in the rain we swore at the sea
we walked out of time
and we sang out of key
now I’m just an old man who dreams about trains
and you’re just a little boy lost in the rain

don’t ask me no questions
I’ll tell you no lies
but the seasons spin ‘round
as we stare at the sky
but the moon still goes down
the sun still gets up
so you’d better chase rainbows
and go fall in love

I slept well last night
I dreamed about tracks
I saw a red freight train
who’s boxcars were black
it ran ever on
I started to cry
then I woke up laughing
and I did not know why

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from Shaker Chair, released June 1, 1999

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Rob Siegel Boston, Massachusetts

Rob Siegel is well-known in Boston folk music circles as an innovative songwriter who draws from his idyllic yet stressed- out middle-class suburban existence and produces memorable, intelligent, well-crafted songs.

His first new CD in 14 years, "A Landscape of Ghosts," will be out in April, with a CD release show at Club Passim on Monday April 30th. ... more

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