Red Ball

from Phantom Locomotive by Mat D

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lyrics

I sleep on a box car floor
dirge of heaven at my door
bindle stiff and a scab of bread
waiting for the morning that I wake up dead

Grows so cold you can see your breath
somewhere between life and death
Gray ghost humming in a minor key
My God, it sounds just like the whistle of the Milwaukee

Where the listless tramps still wail and sing
A spirit haunts the cabin of a hobo king
Skin flint tinder and a nation sack
On the Red Ball tearing down a one way track

Been so long since I’ve seen my home
I'm bound to ride and cursed to roam
Trepidation’s only son stranded on that twilight run

I Fear the end is drawing near
Old Satan is the engineer
heard him whisper soft and still
If I don’t get you boy, the Red Ball will

Where the listless tramps still wail and sing
A spirit haunts the cabin of a hobo king
Skin flint tinder and a nation sack
On a Red Ball tearing down a one way track

Heard him whisper soft and still
If I don’t get you boy the Red Ball Will
Heard him whisper soft and still
If I don’t get you boy the Red Ball Will
Heard him whisper soft and still
If I don’t get you boy the Red Ball Will
Heard him whisper soft and still
If I don’t get you boy the Red Ball Will

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from Phantom Locomotive, released May 21, 2021
Mat D - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Jeff Deignan- Drums, Percussion
Scott Walters - Bass Guitar
Rick Stoops - Mandolin, Fiddle
Jason Haven - Electric Guitar

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Mat D Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Mat D is a singer-songwriter from Sioux Falls SD. His music is described as hard luck Americana and bad man ballads. .

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