Train to Heaven (Falling Into Autumn Challenge) 16 Days!

Hello, beautiful souls,

Nova & I have been on hiatus from the countdown challenges, but we’re back!!

I was in desperate need of a distraction, after two events of bad news yesterday:

• A phone call in the morning, telling me that a friend of mine committed suicide.
• Another phone call when I got home from work, informing me that my uncle passed away.

So I decided to take part in our own Challenge

The Playlist Shuffle Poem Challenge

Click the link to see the original post to find out how you can participate!!

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The Train Ride To Heaven

Driving that train, high on cocaine

I’m passing sleeping cities

Just trying to ease the pain

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Wake up in New York City –

One, two three, four, walking like a man

This whole place has me feeling shitty

Gotta turn back around, find a new plan.

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And with the early dawn moving right along –

Don’t worry about a thing

Take another hit from the bong

Just trying to ease the sting

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Want to tell you a story

While this train takes me back home

About a man who found his glory

Playing his saxophone

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Come on in and get out of the rain

But –

If you wanna hang out, you’ve gotta take her out, cocaine

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I get up in the evenin’

Trying to find what I can –

Something that brings meaning

To keep me grounded on this land.

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Well, I stand up next to a mountain

Never have I felt so high

Not many blessings have I been countin’

Fallin’ freely, I’ll play my saxophone in the sky.

For Chris, I hope you’ve finally found peace, my friend.

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Shuffled songs for this challenge in order of first line appearance:

1. Casey Jones – The Grateful Dead
2. Saving Grace – Tom Petty
3. Bright Lights – Gary Clark Jr.
4. The Look – Roxette
5. Show Me How To Live – Audioslave
6. Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
7. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – George Thorogood
8. Cocaine – Eric Clapton
9. Dancing In The Dark – Bruce Springsteen
10. Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix

* I got lucky on this shuffle playlist. All the lines sort of flowed together. If you participate, don’t forget to link back to this or the original post, & make sure you tag Nova too!

Love & life lessons,

Kristian