“This Train Ain’t Bound for Glory Anymore” was first written in 2012 on the occasion of Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday. The song is inspired by many of Guthrie’s best-known songs and offers a ray of hope during these troubled times for working people in America.
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This Train Ain’t Bound for Glory Anymore words & music by Mark Dvorak ©2012 ten fingers.
I heard Woody Guthrie sing a song for everyone
this land was made for you and me
he sang about a better world that was gonna come
and pastures of plenty always free
But a picture from life’s other side is all I ever see
hard travelin is how it’s gonna be
the gamblin man’s still rich, the workin folks are poor
and this train ain’t bound for glory anymore
this train ain’t bound for glory anymore
The do-re-mi don’t trickle down like they said it would
Wall Street keeps on gettin more and more
with so many little homes for sale in our neighborhood
this train ain’t bound for glory anymore
this train ain’t bound for glory anymore
We’ve been stickin to the union, we been stickin to our guns
but mister, we’ve been busted one by one
there’s no bugle call for peace, just another dirty little war
and this train ain’t bound for glory anymore
this train ain’t bound for glory anymore
I packed my bags to look for work somewhere down the road
kissed my wife at the railway station door
and I heard the blind conductor call, “Everybody get on board
this train ain’t bound for glory anymore”
this train ain’t bound for glory anymore
and this land was made for you and me