The Drifter

from Tomorrow Is a Place by Pippa Letsky

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lyrics by Steve O'Dell
music by Pippa Letsky

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THE DRIFTER ©2018

A drifter rode a train past a station
in a one-horse town
an icy cold wind blowin
his thin coat from off his shoulders

He didn't know where he was going
but the tracks keep traveling on
coal black smoke and that whistle blowing
on the rail riding the rods

chorus:
some say a train can’t be stopped
but beggars and tramps will ride
like some big long black snake
crawling along the countryside

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from Tomorrow Is a Place, released February 25, 2023
Pippa Letsky, guitar and vocals
Dave Bandy, guitar
Steve O'Dell, bass

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Pippa Letsky Columbia, Missouri

I was born in England, but I grew up in Canada and Australia. My family came “home” to England when I was 10, but I was already an Aussie at heart, in love with the convict songs from Botany Bay and the same Scotch Irish fiddle tunes as are at the root of American old-time and bluegrass music. I’ve been playing various types of folk music on guitar (mandolin, bass, or fiddle) since I was 12. ... more

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