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Intro:
There&#039;s a Spanish train that runs
Between Quadelquidir
And old Seville
And at dead of night the whistle
Blows and people hear
She&#039;s running still
And then they hush their children
Back to sleep
Lock the doors upstairs they creep
For it is said that the souls
Of the dead fill up the train
Ten thousand deep
Well a railway-man lay dying
With his people by his side
His family were crying knelt
In prayer before he died
But above his bed just awaiting
For the dead was the
Devil with a twinkle in
His eye
&#039;Well, God&#039;s not around look
what I&#039;ve found? This one&#039;s mine&#039;‎
Just then the Lord himself
Appeared in a blinding
Flash of light
And shouted at the devil
&#039;get thee hence to endless night&#039;
But the devil just grinned
And said &#039;I may have sinned
But there&#039;s no need to
Push me around
I got here first so you can do
Your worst
He&#039;s going under ground&#039;‎
&#039;Well I think I&#039;ll give you
One more chance&#039;
Said the devil with a smile
So throw away that stupid lance
&#039;It&#039;s really not your style&#039;
Joker is the name
Poker is the game
We&#039;ll play right here
On this bed
And then we&#039;ll bet for the
Biggest stakes yet
The souls of the dead
And I said &#039;look out
Lord he&#039;s gonna win
The sun is down and
The night&#039;s riding in
That train is dead on time
Many souls are on the line
Oh Lord, he&#039;s gonna win&#039;‎
Now the railway-man
He cut the cards
And he dealt each a hand of five
And for the Lord
He was praying hard
For that train he&#039;d have to drive
Well, the devil
He had three aces and a king
And the Lord he was running
For a straight he had
The queen and the knave
The nine and ten of spades
All he needed was the eight
And then the Lord
He called for one more card
But he drew the diamond eight
And the devil said
To the Son of God,
&#039;I believe you&#039;ve got it straight
So deal me one for
The time has come to see
Who&#039;ll be the king of this place&#039;‎
But as he spoke from beneath
His cloak he slipped another ace
Ten thousand souls
Was the opening bid
But it soon went up to fifty-nine
But the Lord didn&#039;t see
What the devil did and he said,
&#039;that suits me fine.&#039;
I&#039;ll raise you high to
A hundred-five and forever
Put an end to your sins
But the devil let out a mighty
Shout &#039;my hand wins&#039;‎
And i said &#039;Lord oh Lord
You let him win
The sun is down and the
Night&#039;s riding in
That train is dead on time
Many souls are on the line
Oh Lord
Don&#039;t let him win
Well that Spanish train
Still runs between
Quadelquidir and old Seville And
At dead of night The Whistle Blows
And people fear she&#039;s running still
And far away in some recess
The Lord and the devil
Are now playing chess
The devil still cheats
And wins more souls
And as for the Lord well
he&#039;s just doing his best
And I said &#039;Lord, oh Lord
You&#039;ve gotta win
The sun is down and the
Night&#039;s riding in
The train is still on time
Oh my soul is on the line
Oh Lord, you&#039;ve got to win&#039;‎

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Spanish Train

by Chris de Burgh

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Intro:

There's a Spanish train that runs

Between Quadelquidir

And old Seville

And at dead of night the whistle

Blows and people hear

She's running still

And then they hush their children

Back to sleep

Lock the doors upstairs they creep

For it is said that the souls

Of the dead fill up the train

Ten thousand deep

Well a railway-man lay dying

With his people by his side

His family were crying knelt

In prayer before he died

But above his bed just awaiting

For the dead was the

Devil with a twinkle in

His eye

'Well, God's not around look

what I've found? This one's mine'‎

Just then the Lord himself

Appeared in a blinding

Flash of light

And shouted at the devil

'get thee hence to endless night'

But the devil just grinned

And said 'I may have sinned

But there's no need to

Push me around

I got here first so you can do

Your worst

He's going under ground'‎

'Well I think I'll give you

One more chance'

Said the devil with a smile

So throw away that stupid lance

'It's really not your style'

Joker is the name

Poker is the game

We'll play right here

On this bed

And then we'll bet for the

Biggest stakes yet

The souls of the dead

And I said 'look out

Lord he's gonna win

The sun is down and

The night's riding in

That train is dead on time

Many souls are on the line

Oh Lord, he's gonna win'‎

Now the railway-man

He cut the cards

And he dealt each a hand of five

And for the Lord

He was praying hard

For that train he'd have to drive

Well, the devil

He had three aces and a king

And the Lord he was running

For a straight he had

The queen and the knave

The nine and ten of spades

All he needed was the eight

And then the Lord

He called for one more card

But he drew the diamond eight

And the devil said

To the Son of God,

'I believe you've got it straight

So deal me one for

The time has come to see

Who'll be the king of this place'‎

But as he spoke from beneath

His cloak he slipped another ace

Ten thousand souls

Was the opening bid

But it soon went up to fifty-nine

But the Lord didn't see

What the devil did and he said,

'that suits me fine.'

I'll raise you high to

A hundred-five and forever

Put an end to your sins

But the devil let out a mighty

Shout 'my hand wins'‎

And i said 'Lord oh Lord

You let him win

The sun is down and the

Night's riding in

That train is dead on time

Many souls are on the line

Oh Lord

Don't let him win

Well that Spanish train

Still runs between

Quadelquidir and old Seville And

At dead of night The Whistle Blows

And people fear she's running still

And far away in some recess

The Lord and the devil

Are now playing chess

The devil still cheats

And wins more souls

And as for the Lord well

he's just doing his best

And I said 'Lord, oh Lord

You've gotta win

The sun is down and the

Night's riding in

The train is still on time

Oh my soul is on the line

Oh Lord, you've got to win'‎

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