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Jun 1, 2015
written by John Prine, amazing lyricist.
About an incident he saw when he was 13, as an altar boy. He was on the way to church on a Sunday morning and another young boy was killed by a train, the boy had turned his back to the engine. See other Prine lyrics, "Illegal Smile": "Your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore."