Banging Away – Chris Knight

Capo 1
Well I got up this morning and I headed out
Seen old Luther standing in the door way, I gave that boy a shout
He was singin’ ‘bout a man down on his luck
But I looked into his case must’ve been fifteen bucks

Chorus:
He was banging away
Banging away
Banging away
Every day

Seen a man stomping the hood of his Coupe Deville
Had that bible in his hand and a look that could kill
I stopped dead in my tracks thought I could ease on around
But he jumped off that hood and he called me down

Chorus

So I just kept on walking to my ex-girlfriend’s house
Been a couple months since it all went south
I jumped up on her porch naw ain’t gonna quit
Gonna knock on that door ‘til my baby answers it

Chorus 2:
And I’m banging away
Banging away
Banging away
Every day

Repeat Chorus 2

A Train Not Running
By Chris Knight
Written By Chris Knight/Stacy Dean Campbell
CD ‘ The Jealous Kind

The sound of a train not running
Has been keeping me awake
The Westmoreland mine ain’t run much coal
Since back in ‘88
Got on at the sawmill
But I’ve got to find a better way
Or the sound of a train not running
Is gonna carry me away

Chorus:
And every time you look at me, Mary
I want to tell you someday
We’ll leave the sound of a train not running
A thousand miles away

I don’t want to risk my freedom
Growing crops on company land
But it’d be a damned sight better
Than a government check in my hand

I used to bring home good money

You used to drive a decent car

But now we go to town on Saturday

It seems a little too far

Chorus

Now some nights when our baby cries
I feel a twinge of fear
When the sound of a train not running
Is the only thing I hear

Chorus