Name: Riding the Rails
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: True story. Jonathan age 22 hitch-hiking from Guatemala to NY, hopped a freight train, because it was a rite of passage and "just had to". Always searching for that elusive freedom.

Riding the Rails

from Link in the Chain by Jonathan Perl and Krisha Patenaude

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True story. Jonathan age 22 hitch-hiking from Guatemala to NY, hopped a freight train, because it was a rite of passage and "just had to". Always searching for that elusive freedom.

lyrics

I got nothin’ to live for
I got nothin’ to spend
Give my life to the starlight
Livin' it up till the end

I got a hunger inside me
I got an ache in my soul
Fly with the breezes beneath me
Takin’ the gambler’s roll

(cuz there’s..) Nothin’ to win, nowhere to go
Lookin' above at the Milky Way glow
Where would we be, fearless and free
Riding the rails to eternity?

I only get so may chances
Only get so many rides
Bowin’ down to the mountain
In the nightime, slippin’ by

Makin’ peace about evil
Makin’ sense of the night
Shrug my shoulders at knowin’
I’m wrong as much as I’m right

I got nothin’ to live for
I got nothin’ to spend
Give my life to the starlight
Livin' it up till the end

credits

from Link in the Chain, released May 10, 2023
Jonathan - wrote, arranged, produced, recorded, mixed, piano, organ
Krisha - lead and background vocals & vocal arranging
Kristin Hoffman - background vocals & vocal arranging
Ric Molina - guitars, recording
Lee Falco - drums and percussion, recording
Brandon Morrison - bass, recording
Premik Russell Tubbs - sax

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Jon Perl's Dark Light New Paltz, New York

JON PERL: songwriter, keyboards, producer, teacher. The sixth EP-LINK IN THE CHAIN-introduces KRISHA PATENAUDE on all lead vocals.! Contact us about licensing, covering or remixing any Darklight songs, or, just stream or download & enjoy!

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discography

Link in the Chain

May 2023
Journey

Nov 2019
Compassion

Oct 2019
Spirit

Oct 2019
Condition

Oct 2019
Perspective

Oct 2019

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