On That Note: In A Station

[ISU3PtLand]

But times have changed for sailors these days
When I'm in port, I get what I need
Not just havanas or bananas or daiquiris
But that American creation on which I feed

 

[ISU3PtLand]

Well we barely make the airport
For the last plane out
As we taxied down the runway
I could hear the people shout

 

[ISU3PtLand]

I hopped off the plane at LAX
With a dream and my cardigan

 

[cyclones500]

“Waiting at the station / Tears filling up my eyes.”

 

[BoxsterCy]

You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer
Then to have your ham and eggs in Carolina

 

[cyclones500]

“I pick her up outside the station.”

 

[Clone83]

I looked up the lyrics for “Travelling” by John Mayall and see that he passed away yesterday.

"Travelling"

Travelling, pack a bag and lock the door
Wondering what the journey has in store
Hinterlands awaiting for me to explore

Travelling, flying over icy seas
Where I'm going, snow is falling on the trees
But I don't mind, I got a coat in case I freeze

Travelling, looking for the winter end
Take my time, gonna take it easy then
Before I die, I wanna look at everywhere

John Mayall, Pioneer of British Blues, Is Dead at 90

He was best known not for his own playing or singing but for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton.

www.nytimes.com

 

[matclone]

Out here on runway nine; 707 waitin' to go.

 

[AlaCyclone]

 

[matclone]

He was standin' by the highway
With a sign that just said "mother"
When he heard a driver comin'
'Bout a half a mile away

 

[MeanDean]

"...you take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above and people push and people shove
And the girls try to look pretty
And if your train's on time you can get to work by 9

Obviously in a train (or subway) station

 

[BoxsterCy]

"It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw"

And:
"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America

 

[Althetuna]

Looking Glass: Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

"There's a port on a western bay."

 

[AlaCyclone]

 

[cytor]

Driving me to the airport
And to the friendly skies

 

[Turn2]

 

[Clone83]

All aboard for night train ...

 

[cyclones500]

 

[MeadForMyHorses]

Maybe my all time favorite moment of Hinterland was GC Jr's performance of this. Pulling into the train station is implied.

 

[MeadForMyHorses]