Odes to MARTA — Sample (proof of concept) · Track 3 · middle
Five Points — Departing
MARTA Five Points station departure — 60-second triptych closer; harmonica + the locomotive roll
Lyrics
[Intro — doors chime, the lurch, harmonica enters] (…doors closing… and the train kept a-rollin'…) [Verse — release, motion outward, locomotive roll] Now pick a color and the heart lets go — roll, roll, roll on the electric veins; out past Garnett or up toward the snow, down to the airport where the whole world's plane met the stake in the red clay, 1837 — Terminus to Five Points to everywhere; the zero gave you a line, now let it roll, roll, roll and the city just rolls you there. [Outro — receding rattle, harmonica fading] …roll, roll, roll… …leaving the heart… the heart stays lit behind you… …and the train kept a-rollin'…