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GIL SCOTT-HERON lyrics : "The Train From Washington"

During reconstruction time they were folks who have been promised 40 acres and a mule.
And they were told a man with their legal papers could be expected on a train from Washington.
They were folks who waited for him and there are folks still waiting for him.

But you can't depend on the train from Washington, it's 100 years overdue…

You can depend on the stars and planets yeah

They'll always tell you the truth
You can depend on the 15th of April Yeah
Somehow it always gets through

You can depend on the daily paper's calls
They surely bring you the blues
But don't depend on the train from Washington

It's one hundred years overdue

I see people, dragging on their own

I see them standing
Anxious near the tracks
I see people, a long long way from home

Wondering how they'll ever get back

You can depend on the politicians yeah

Always got a point of view
They are contemporary court magicians yeah
Sleight of mouth will dazzle you

You can depend on the repositions from them
Changes that you've got to go through
But don't depend on the train from Washington

It's one hundred years overdue

I see people, on their way to work

I see factories bursting at the seams
I see people listening for the whistle
On the train that will carry their dreams


I see people, on their way to work
I see factories bursting at the seams

I see people listening for the whistle
On the train that will carry their dreams


You can depend on the folks and gravity
Cuz both of them will bring you down
You can depend on catching something Yeah

Cause something is going around
You can depend on the first two numbers, but
Damn if the last one come through

But don't depend on the train from Washington
It's one hundred years overdue


You can't depend on the train from Washington
It's one hundred years overdue
Oh lord you see

You can't depend on the train from Washington
It's one hundred years overdue
Don't you over

But don't depend on the train from Washington
Eh eh eh .. eh you know it might not make it
You can't depend on the train from Washington

Everybody knows it's it's it's running late
You can't depend on the train from Washington
It's one hundred years overdue

It's long long time
You can't depend on the train from Washington
It's one hundred years overdue …

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