Marty Stuart & Friends - Same Old Train Suite

I claim no rights to any of the images or music in this video. All rights remain with their respective owners. "Same Old Train" and "Reuben's Train" appear on the 1998 collaboration album, "Tribute to Tradition", while "No More Trains to Ride" appears on Merle Haggard's 1976 album, "My Love Affair with Trains". Lyrics: "Same Old Train" [Clint Black] I got on in Bristol, by the old Virginia line With a suitcase full of dreams and a brand new spendin' dime [Pam Tillis] I had a full bouquet of music wrapped in pretty words Singin' songs sent down from heaven on the wings of a speckled bird Wings of a speckled bird [Randy Travis] I heard a guitar and a fiddle, banjo and mandolin An old man opened up the door and told me, "Come on in" [Marty Stuart] He took my ticket, then he told me, "Bring what it is you do 'Cause that's how you'll be remembered when you're travelin' days are through" When you're travelin' days are through [Chorus] They came from the hills and mountains, the valleys and the plains Some were kind and gentle, and some too wild to tame [Emmylou Harris] A string of fearless hearts on an endless ball of twine It's the same old train, it's just a different time Just a different time [Instrumental bridge] [Merle Haggard] We sung songs in war, we sung songs in peace We traveled in abundance, and we traveled on relief [Travis Tritt] From the outer gates of heaven, to hellfire's burnin' door It don't matter where you take it 'cause it's been there before It's been there before [Chorus] They came from the hills and mountains, the valleys and the plains Some were kind and gentle, and some too wild to tame [Merle Haggard] A string of fearless hearts on an endless ball of twine [All] It's the same old train, it's just a different time Just a different time [Alison Krauss performs fiddle bridge] [Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless] Now like a precious treasure, that's immeasurable in worth We stand before a new wave, proud children of the Earth [Joe Diffie] We'll go on forever, and here's your solid proof As long as there's a world, we've gotta sing those folks the truth Sing those folks the truth [Chorus 2] [Dwight Yoakam] They came from the neon cities, the suburbs and the towns From Bakersfield to Baltimore, it's sacred holy ground [All] A string of fearless hearts on an endless ball of twine It's the same old train, it's just a different time Just a different time Just a different time Just a different time [Instrumental bridge] It's the same old train, it's just a different time Same old train, just a different time Songwriter: Marty Stuart Music Producer: Marty Stuart __________ "Reuben's Train" Instrumental American Folk song, circa 1880 This is the song Earl Scruggs was playing when he first discovered how to pick the banjo with three fingers instead of two. He was 10 years old at the time. __________ "No More Trains to Ride" From Haggard's 1976 album, "My Love Affair With Trains". I was raised in Santa Fe reefer In little California town Three door down from the railroad track Where they set the old boxcar down. Born the son of a railroad man Who rode 'em until he died I'd like to live like my daddy did But there's no more trains to ride [Chorus] No, no more trains to ride No more trains to ride I'd like to live like daddy did But there's no more trains to ride. [Instrumental bridge] I learned to be a guitar picker Singing and strummin' long Songs like Hobo Bill's Last Ride I love the good ramblin' song Bill was the son of a rambling man Who rambled until he died I'd like to live like Billy did But there's no more trains to ride No, no more trains to ride No more trains to ride I'd like to live like daddy did But there's no more trains to ride Songwriter: Merle Haggard Music Producers: Ken Nelson and Fuzzy Owen __________ Video Producer of "Same Old Train Suite": Eleanor Plant