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Winner of the grand prize for folk in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Written especially for the CBC's Vinyl Cafe for a train trip Reid took with Stuart Mclean. Reid wrote this song with his long time sweetheart (now wife), and it's about not giving up on your self and your resolutions.

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RAIL

Put your ear to the rail,
you can hear my love come down
Where hearts and heroes fail,
I won’t be turned around

Sleepwalking these rails,
I let the grass grow long.
Oh my memory fails,

and I forgot my song.
Blackberries grow wild,
smell of pitch in the sun.
Weeds roll over my mind,
and they almost won.

But I said no more...

Put your ear to the rail,
you can hear my love come down
Where hearts and heroes fail,
I won’t be turned around


Tearing up these weeds,
blow the smoke in my stack.
The sound of steel on steel,
and there’s no going back.
I got a head full of coal,

hear the lightning crack.
Light a fire in my soul,

and get me back on track.


Put your ear to the rail,
you can hear my love come down
Where hearts and heroes fail,
I won’t be turned around


No more driving this blind,
time to throw that switch.
Drives a spike in my mind,
and makes my fingers itch.
You better get on board,
or get out of my way.
Hauling heavy and slow,

but I’m leaving today.


And I said no more...


And I know that I’ve been here before,
And it’s taken its toll on me.
But I’m not giving up anymore,
No I’m not giving up on me…

credits

from Staring Contest, released July 30, 2012
Written by Carolyn Victoria Mill & Reid Jamieson
Reid Jamieson: Vocals, Guitar. John Sheard: Piano.
Mark Beaty: Bass. Michael Frost: Drums.

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Reid Jamieson Vancouver, British Columbia

“Gorgeous, sun-struck acoustic soul” – Globe & Mail. Vancouver’s Reid Jamieson is a vocal powerhouse committed to making music that moves us. Known for appearances on CBC’s Vinyl Café to recording with Cowboy Junkies, they shine with compelling originals, plus killer covers. The latest is a new original album ‘Me Daza’ recorded in Ireland, and with a timely tribute to John Lennon JOHN 20:20. ... more

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