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Grateful Dead Casey Jones Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 8.20/10 [5 votes]Album: Workingman's Dead / Original Release Date: 1970-06-14Genre: RockSong Duration: 4 min 24 sec
GRATEFUL DEAD
- Casey Jones Lyrics / with translationsDriving that train, high on cocaine,
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.
This old engine makes it on time,
Leaves Central Station 'bout a quarter to nine,
Hits River Junction at seventeen to,
At a quarter to ten you know it's travlin' again.
Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.
Trouble ahead, Lady in red,
Take my advice you'd be better off dead.
Switchman's sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong track and headed for you.
Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.
Trouble with you is the trouble with me,
Got two good eyes but you still don't see.
Come round the bend, you know it's the end,
The fireman screams and the engine just gleams...
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.
This old engine makes it on time,
Leaves Central Station 'bout a quarter to nine,
Hits River Junction at seventeen to,
At a quarter to ten you know it's travlin' again.
Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.
Take my advice you'd be better off dead.
Switchman's sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong track and headed for you.
Driving that train, high on cocaine,
Trouble ahead, trouble behind,
And you know that notion just crossed my mind.
Trouble with you is the trouble with me,
Got two good eyes but you still don't see.
Come round the bend, you know it's the end,
The fireman screams and the engine just gleams...
Facts about Casey Jones
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Casey Jones is written by Robert Hunter, Jerome Garcia.
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It is first released on June 14, 1970 as part of Grateful Dead's album "Workingman's Dead" which includes 8 tracks in total. This song is the 7th track on this album.
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When we look deeper into its meaning, the Grateful Dead's 'Casey Jones' song is about the hardships and every day hazards that life throws at us, using the image of a train trip as a metaphor. The We Are warned through vivid lyrics about the terrible effects of being reckless and the necessity of being always alert and conscious so that calamity may not arrive. Casey jones lyrics mostly highlight angst, despair, reflection, adventure, and social commentary. However, the song also points out the role of addiction and its repercussions, risk and warning, and fate's inevitability. The lyrics allude to drugs ('high on cocaine') and express death and danger, which might not be appropriate for kids aged below 13 years. Though there are no obscenities, the lack of wholesome content does make a PG-13 rating suitable.
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Casey Jones falls under the genre Rock.
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Casey Jones song length is 4 minutes and 24 seconds.
Who wrote Casey Jones lyrics?
Casey Jones is written by Robert Hunter, Jerome Garcia.
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When was Casey Jones released?
It is first released on June 14, 1970 as part of Grateful Dead's album "Workingman's Dead" which includes 8 tracks in total. This song is the 7th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Casey Jones lyrics?
When we look deeper into its meaning, the Grateful Dead's 'Casey Jones' song is about the hardships and every day hazards that life throws at us, using the image of a train trip as a metaphor. The We Are warned through vivid lyrics about the terrible effects of being reckless and the necessity of being always alert and conscious so that calamity may not arrive. Casey jones lyrics mostly highlight angst, despair, reflection, adventure, and social commentary. However, the song also points out the role of addiction and its repercussions, risk and warning, and fate's inevitability. The lyrics allude to drugs ('high on cocaine') and express death and danger, which might not be appropriate for kids aged below 13 years. Though there are no obscenities, the lack of wholesome content does make a PG-13 rating suitable.
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Which genre is Casey Jones?
Casey Jones falls under the genre Rock.
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How long is the song Casey Jones?
Casey Jones song length is 4 minutes and 24 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Robert Hunter, Jerome GarciaRecord Label(s): 2001 Warner Brothers Records Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing
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This is a sweet song! Love it! I'm pretty much in love with Woodstock, though, so go figure...good song. Good song.