Last Train To Niagara
Procol Harum

Spoken: a man gets on a train and starts having thoughts about his past, and a lot of references to old procol harum songs go through his head.)


'i'd been wandering around manhattan for a couple of days, kinda lost; suddenly I found myself in grand central station. I looked up at the board: there it was -- 'last train to niagara 1: 15': I just had to get on it. I had to get up there and find the answers... '


(salty dog train noise / stomping waltz-time riff from in held)


On the last train to niagara, on the fast train to the falls

I was heading into danger, I was climbing up the walls

I was feeling kind of empty, feeling kind of bleak

I was twice removed from yesterday, but halfway through next week


Well I tuned into the radio and flipped across the dial

I was searching for the missing chord, I'd missed it for awhile

Then they played a song from long ago, a picture through the glass

The story of a spanish brave whose light was fading fast


(conquistador intro, post-edmonton)


The tracks were humming harder now, the room began to sway

The music turned much louder now, as the ceiling flew away (+awsop, + asd)

A crowd of drunken sailor boys came in upon the sea

The captain wanted action fast, the crowd was getting mean


(climbing scale from whaling stories)


Then I smoked another cigarette, and fixed another drink

When you're out there in deep water, you just can't afford to sink

I was halfway through the looking glass, halfway up to mars

It was getting close to morning time, somewhere 'neath the stars


(excerpts from strangers in space, the worm and the tree, and the climbing theme from rambling on)


Just then a passing mermaid came and took me by the hand

She gently soothed my fevered brow and led me back to land

When I heard the sound of laughter, woke up upon my knees

I was heading to that preacher man, to give me my reprieve


(fragment of the devil came from kansas)


Well the preacher-man said, he said 'son, you won't find favour on the dark side of the street

Better straighten up your overcoat, and get back on your feet

No use looking to the future, if you keep on coming back,

And you know you're going nowhere, if your shoes don't fit your hat. '


(excerpt from homburg)


On the last train to niagara, on the fast train to the falls

I was heading into danger, climbing up the walls

I was feeling kind of empty, I was feeling kind of bleak

I was twice removed from yesterday, but halfway through next week.


On the last train to niagara, on the fast train to the falls

The last train to niagara, the fast train to the falls

Last train to niagara, fast train to the falls


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Caesar   T.V. Ceasar   Taking The Time   The Devil Came from Kansas   The Final Thrust   The Hand That Rock The Cradle   The hand that rocks the cradle   The Idol   The King of Hearts   The Long Goodbye   The Mark of The Claw   The Milk of Human Kindness   The Milk of Human Kindness [Take 1][*]   The Piper's Tune   The Piper's Tune   The pursuit of happiness   The Thin End Of The Wedge   The Truth Won't Fade Away   The Truth Won't Fade Away   The Unquiet Zone   The VIP Room [Live]   The Worm & The Tree   The Worm & The Tree   The Worm And The Tree   The Worm The Tree   The Wreck of The Hesperus   This Old Dog   Too Much Between Us   Toujours L'amour   Toujours L'amour   Turn Back The Page   TV Ceasar   Typewriter Torment   Underture   Well, I...   Whaling Stories   Whaling Stories [Live]   Whaling Stories [Raw Track] [#][*]   Whaling Stories [Take 2]   Whaling Stories [Take 2][*]   Whaling Stories [Take 2][*][Take]   Whiskey Train   Whisky Train   Whiter Shade Of Pale   Wish Me Well   Without A Doubt   Wizard Man   Wreck of the Hesperus   Your Own Choice   Your Own Choice [Take 14 Remix][*]

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