The first time I heard this song, I was reading a Trains Magazine article on Peabody's coal train, and have always associated the two things since. I don't know if it puts a different spin on the song's message ... to us railfans.
In a sense Calypso Island was worse, if not named quite so iconically.
Funny thing is that I never recognized John Prine wrote the song until now. I suppose better late than never.
Before the City of New Orleans
Talk about evil in the world Steve Goodman is exactly the opposite.
Yes, John Prine will be missed, one of the greatest poets and song writers of our time.
And yes, a style and delivery that carried the message of his songs perfectly.
I have been a fan pretty much from the very beginning of his career.
Sheldon
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