Long Black Train

After work yesterday, I watched the Josh Turner "Origins" special on GAC bc let's face it... his voice is to die for and he's pretty easy on the eyes. But let me just tell you, I unexpectedly got a lot more out of it than just looking at his pretty face for an hour.

He started talking about his first hit, "Long Black Train" and there's so much about this song that I never paid attention to. What an awesome and unexpected reminder this was to keep on the Godly path and not let the devil's "intriguing" distractions steer you away!! It's crazy how God speaks to you in such random ways. I have always loved this song, but I guess I never really paid attention to the meaning of the words.

He started telling the story of him writing this song in his apartment by himself, right after he graduated college. And how he never even thought about putting it on his album bc he didn't think people would listen. He ended up crying telling the story of a lady who said the song saved from taking her life. And look at it now, his first hit... a christian country song!! Who would have ever thought? It's so refreshing to see that there are still some good, christian, down to earth (famous) people out there, who really are trying to send out the right messages to those around them.

I listened to the song again this morning on my ipod and I thought I should share it!!

HAPPY HUMP DAY EVERYONE!

 LONG BLACK TRAIN

There's a long black train,
Comin' down the line,
Feedin' off the souls that are lost and cryin',
Rails of sin, only evil remains
Watch out brother for that Long Black Train

Look to the heavens
You can look to the skies
You can find redemption
Staring back into your eyes
There is protection and there's Peace the same,
burnin' your ticket for that Long Black Train

'Cause there's vict'ry in the Lord I say,
Vict'ry in the lord,
Cling to the Father and His holy name,
And don't go ridin' on that Long Black Train

There's an engineer on that Long Black Train,
Makin' you wonder if the ride is worth the pain,
He's just a waiting on your heart to say
Let me ride on that Long Black Train,

But you know there's vict'ry in the Lord I say,
Vict'ry in the Lord,
Cling to the Father and His holy name,
And dont go ridin' on that Long Black Train

Well, I can hear the whistle from a mile away,
It sounds so good
But I must stay away
That train is a beauty, makin' everybody stare
But its only destination is the middle of nowhere,

But you know theres vict'ry in the Lord I say,
Vict'ry in the Lord,
Cling to the Father and His holy name,
And don't go ridin' on that Long Black Train

I said cling to the Father and His holy name
And dont go ridin' on that long black train
Yeah, watch out brother for that long black train

That Devil's a drivin' that long black train.