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Hellbound Train 2021 (Single Release)

by Garrington T Jones

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During the production of HELLBOUND TRAIN for THE ODD BOX album (the opening track of the album featuring rapper, Norbs Blade), I heard Greta Thunberg's wonderful passionate address to world leaders at DAVOS 2020.

I was greatly moved by Greta's words and I decided to contact to her to ask her permission to use part of her DAVOS address for this song.

Greta Thunberg responded within the hour of the e-mail being sent and kindly gave me the nod. The proviso she gave for using her words were that they were NOT to be used for corporate or personal financial gain.

Not wanting this version to be confused or out muscle the epic version of the song that opens up THE ODD BOX, New Tradition Music decided to leave the release of what has became known as HELLBOUND TRAIN 2021 until the (unforced delayed) release of the limited edition CD of THE ODD BOX in late March 2022.

So here it is,the single release of the bonus track from THE ODD BOX project with all proceeds going to agencies that are providing much needed relief to UKRAINIAN Refugees, who have have lost their homes, their livelihoods and their country to aggression and invasion from Putin's Russian war machine.

Our House Is Still On Fire!

When you buy the download of this song, you will be helping to the rebuild lives of people who did nothing wrong. Remember, we're all riding this train together.....

Thank you,

GTJ

lyrics

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"Our house; is still on fire!"

Forty thousand ran the marathon,
And I've just done the same.
I'm standing in the Metro,
I'm waiting for that train.
So many people around me,
I'm feeling I'm caged in.
Will these wheels ever start rolling,
Will this journey ever begin?
Some say we're safe in the underground,
But I know we're riding on a Hellbound Train....
On a Hellbound Train.

Politicians see the future,
Or that is what they say.
But the working man in the street,
He has to pay their way.
Money's tight even if you have a job,
And your boss is always right.
Some say the tide is turning;
Some say there's going to be a fight.
Some say were travelling (to Hell) in hand-carts,
But I know we're riding on a Hellbound Train.....
On a Hellbound Train.

Earth Mother's on the back foot,
She's given all she's got.
But we take and we take from the underground,
It's never going to STOP!
Oil wells, they have run dry
And the forest have been lost
And the hungry mouths need feeding
We're going to pay the cost!
Some say that this is our brave new world,
But I know we're riding on a Hellbound Train;
On a Hellbound Train.

Yeah we're all riding together,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah,
On a Hellbound Train;
On a Hellbound Train.

<Greta Thunberg>

“I wonder what will you tell your children, was the recent fail and leave them facing a climate chaos that you knowingly have brought upon them.

That it seemed so bad for the economy that we decided to resign the idea of securing future living conditions, without even trying?

Our house is still on fire!

You’re inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.
But we are telling you, to act as if you loved your children, above all else!”

credits

released March 24, 2022
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Garrington T Jones - vocals, acoustic guitar.
Dave Draper - electric guitar, bass guitar.
Rick A'Mortis - drums.
Greta Thunberg - as herself.

Produced - Dave Draper
Associate Producer - G C Tolley

Written & arranged by G C Tolley

Recorded and Mastered for New Tradition Music at The Old Cider Press Studio, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

Greta Thunberg's words from her DAVOS 2020 address to world leaders is reproduced with the kind permission of Greta Thunberg.

© 2022 New Tradition Music. All rights reserved.
Unauthorized public performance and copying of this recording is prohibited.

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Garrington T Jones England, UK

Garrington T Jones is a performer and recording artist who gives the art of lyrical storytelling a modern day edge.

Garrington describes himself as a "Rhythm shaker, a riff chaser, a lyric hunter, a song maker and a lover of acoustic Blues, Folk & Roots music. ... more

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