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Le train de grande vitesse

from Powder of the stars by John Meed

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Heading cross the blue lagoon
Where the pink flamingos fly
Straight lines to the horizon
Rose wings against the sky
Across the plains where Hannibal
Led his elephants in line
Along the shores where Ulysses
Sailed through dawns as red as wine
And the train goes on for ever
From the frontier in the west
We sail like Argonauts
On the train de grande vitesse

Marcel looks out the window
Like he did in ’68
While others manned the barricades
All he did was hesitate
He drank the wine of revolution
On the streets of the Sorbonne
But now he drinks cold cynicism
And the students march alone
And the train goes on for ever
And though the wine is not the best
Marcel’s still breaking promises
On the train de grande vitesse

Juliette’s from Calabria
Though she now lives far from there
She talks to me of blue skies
In this second tongue we share
Her Romeo bakes pizzas
Underneath her balcony
While she looks out over slate-grey roofs
To these Elysian fields
And the train goes on for ever
From Valence to Bourg-en-Bresse
Romeo waits for Juliette
On the train de grande vitesse

From New York to Tokyo
From Waterloo to Avignon
Speed is everything today
And time waits for no-one
Like Juliette and Marcel
We all must travel on
While moss grows on the sidings
And the slow train is gone
And the train goes on for ever
And it’s anybody’s guess
Where we might be going
On the train de grande vitesse

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from Powder of the stars, track released January 12, 2006

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John Meed Cambridge

John Meed is a singer-songwriter who lives in Cambridge, UK, and writes and performs in the folk and acoustic traditions. His songwriting has been compared to that of Al Stewart, Leonard Cohen, Christy Moore, Jacques Brel and Richard Thompson. He has released eight albums and his music has been played on national and local radio. See johnmeed.net. ... more

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