Posted on 07/14/2014 11:10:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S. government has created a widely popular song about the "death train" to discourage Central Americans from risking their lives in pursuit of the amnesty that they believe awaits them across the U.S.-Mexico border. The Daily Beast reported that "La Bestia" is a hit song in Central America that is a part of America's propaganda campaign to let Central Americans know about the dangers of the "death train," which is also called "the beast."
“Migrants from everywhere, entrenched along the rail ties. Far away from where they come, further away from where they go,” the song informs Central American listeners. “They call her the Beast from the South, this wretched train of death. With the devil in the boiler, whistles, roars, twists and turns.” The "La Bestia" song also "references Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, one of the violent gangs involved in human smuggling and whose members stalk the infamous train, preying on any migrants who dare ride it."
According to the Daily Beast, "people throughout Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador call their local radio stations to request this song, a harrowing tale of violence and death set against the backdrop of Central America’s traditionally upbeat cumbia music." However, they do not know that the song, "and others like it, are part of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection campaign to deterring illegal immigration to the United States."
Last week, a cargo train nicknamed "the Beast" derailed, stranding about 1,300 migrants on their way to America. As Breitbart Texas has reported, "children who travel via Death Train must jump onto a moving freight car," and "minors who cannot successfully pull themselves onto the traveling cars fall onto the tracks... many are left with extreme injuries," like losing arms and legs.
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Another Grammy award for Barry?
I wish we could put all Democrats on the ‘death train’ for the return trip. They would fit into a banana republic quite nicely. And it would stop them from turning the US into a banana republic.
No hay problema. The illegals can take the bus instead.
Cat Steven’s ‘Ride on the Death Train’???
Love Train
from Ultimate O’Jays
Songwriters
GAMBLE, KENNETH / HUFF, LEON
Published by
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing
People all over the world (everybody)
Join hands (join)
Start a love train, love train
People all over the world (all the world, now)
Join hands (love ride)
Start a love train (love ride), love train
The next stop that we make will be soon
Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too
Don’t you know that it’s time to get on board
And let this train keep on riding, riding on through
Well, well
People all over the world (you don’t need no money)
Join hands (come on)
Start a love train, love train (don’t need no ticket, come on)
People all over the world (Join in, ride this train)
Join in (Ride this train, y’all)
Start a love train (Come on, train), love train
All of you brothers over in Africa
Tell all the folks in Egypt, and Israel, too
Please don’t miss this train at the station
‘Cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you
Well
People all over the world (Sisters and brothers)
Join hands (join, come on)
Start a love train (ride this train, y’all), love train (Come on)
People all over the world (Don’t need no tickets)
Join hands (come on, ride)
Start a love train, love train
Ride, let it ride
Let it ride
Let it ride
People, ain’t no war
People all over the world (on this train)
Join in (ride the train)
Start a love train, love train (ride the train, y’all)
People all over the world (come on)
Join hands (you can ride or stand, yeah)
Start a love train, love train (makin’ love)
People all over the world (’round the world, y’all)
Join hands (come on)
Start a love train, love train
Peace Train
from Saturnight
“Peace Train” is track #1 on the album Saturnight. It was written by Stevens, Cat.
Songwriters
STEVENS, CAT
Published by
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Now I’ve been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh, I’ve been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Some day it’s going to come
‘Cause out on the edge of darkness
There rides a peace train
Oh, peace train take this country
Come take me home again
Now I’ve been smiling lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh, peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on the peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on the peace train
Get your bags together
Go bring your good friends too
‘Cause it’s getting nearer
It soon will be with you
Now come and join the living
It’s not so far from you
And it’s getting nearer
Soon it will all be true
Oh, peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on the peace train
Peace train
Now I’ve been crying lately
Thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating
Why can’t we live in bliss
‘Cause out on the edge of darkness
There rides a peace train
Oh, peace train take this country
Come take me home again
Oh, peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on the peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on, come on, come on
Yes, come on the peace train
Yes, it’s a peace train
Come on the peace train
Oh peace train
GLADYS KNIGHT
“Midnight Train To Georgia”
L.A. proved too much for the man
(Too much for the man, he couldn’t make it)
So he’s leaving a life he’s come to know, ooh
(He said he’s going)
He said he’s going back to find
(Going back to find)
Ooh, what’s left of his world
The world he left behind not so long ago
He’s leaving
(Leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia, yeah
(Leaving on the midnight train)
Said he’s going back
(Going back to find)
To a simpler place and time, oh yes he is
(Whenever he takes that ride, guess who’s gonna be right by his side)
I’ll be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia, woo woo)
I’d rather live in his world
(Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(Her world is his, his and hers alone)
He kept dreaming
(Dreaming)
Ooh, that some day he’d be a star
(A superstar, but he didn’t get far)
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don’t always come true, oh no, uh uh
(Dreams don’t always come true, uh uh, no, uh uh)
So he pawned all his hopes
(Woo, woo, woo-woo)
And even sold his old car
(Woo, woo, woo-woo)
Bought a one way ticket back to the life he once knew
Oh yes he did, he said he would
Oh-oh, he’s leaving
(Leaving)
On that midnight train to Georgia, yeah
(Leaving on a midnight train)
Said he’s going back to find, ooh
(Going back to find)
A simpler place and time, ooh, yeah
(Whenever he takes that ride, guess who’s gonna be right by his side)
I’m gonna be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia, woo woo)
I’d rather live in his world
(Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(Her world is his, his and hers alone)
Ooh, he’s leaving
(Leaving)
On the midnight train to Georgia, yeah, ooh y’all
(Leaving on the midnight train)
Said he’s going back to find
(Going back to find)
Ooh, a simpler place and time, ooh y’all, uh-huh
(Whenever he takes that ride, guess who’s gonna be right by his side)
I’ve got to be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia, woo woo)
I’d rather live in his world
(Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(Her world is his, his and hers alone)
For love, gonna board the midnight train to ride
For love, gonna board, gotta board the midnight train to go
For love, gonna board, uh huh, the midnight train to go
My world, his world, our world, mine and his alone
My world, his world, our world, mine and his alone
I got to go
I got to go
I got to go, hey
I got to go
I got to go
My world, his world, my man, his girl
I got to go
I got to go, oh
I got to go
My world, his world, our world, his girl
Those songs, translated to Spanish and played in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras will only server to ENCOURAGE them to come to the USA.
Sorry, too late. The party is over.
What’s the MATTER with these people!... Don’t they realize that they also need an accompanying Hashtag campaign to make this a success ;?
Was the song created to deter them or attract them?
If it only serves to romanticize the idea of toying with death to get to America, then its not going to help.
Far from it, it may become their anthem.
So we’re spending taxpayer money to write a song to deter them while we drop our border deterrence and welcome them in, so we can spend taxpayer money to house, transport and assimilate them.
I get it.
What no “Peace Train”?
My favorite Train song:
City Of New Orleans”
Ridin’ on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee
And rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name and graveyards full of old black men
And graveyards full of rusted automobiles
Good morning America how are you? Say, don’t you know me I’m your native son
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans
And I’ll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
Dealin’ cards with an old man in the club car
Penny a point, ain’t no one keepin’ score
Pass that paper bag that holds the bottle
And feel the wheels a rumbling neath the floor
And the sons of poor men porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their father’s magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep rockin’ to that gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Good morning America...
[guitar]
Night time on the City of New Orleans changing cars in Memphis Tennessee
Half way home we’ll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain’t heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues
Good morning America...
All aboard for the Sunshine Special!
This train is headed for better times.
All abosard!Put a coat of joy right on; in a minute, we’ll be gone,
On a choo-choo, choo-choo headed for better times.
Mr. Gloom won’t be allowed in an optimistic crowd
On a choo-choo, choo-choo headed for better times.Don’t take a trunk of junk full of yesterdays,
Tomorrow, we’re going to see sunshine.
As we go from state to state,
We’ll be shouting, “things are great!”
On a choo-choo, choo-choo heading for better times.First stop on the way, a town called Happy Days.
Next stop, yesiree, one that’s called Prosperity.
What’s this town we’re in, that’s called Work and Win.
Next stop, can’t you guess?
Nothing else but Happiness.Don’t take a trunk of junk full of yesterdays,
Tomorrow, we’re going to see sunshine.
As we go from state to state,
We’ll be shouting, “things are great!”
On a choo-choo, choo-choo heading for better times.
Here comes that long black train, stoppin' at my door again.
Here comes that long black train, stoppin' at my door again.
That's the same old train, that stole my two best friends.Engineer blows his whistle when passing through my old hometown.
Engineer blows his whistle when passing through my old hometown.
The next time he passed through, left me with my head hangin' down.He's a mean old engineer, 's got a heart like a piece of iron.
Mean old engineer, he's got a heart like a piece of iron.
He's taken my mother, my father, my wife left me at the station cryin'.I said, "Mr. Engineer, please let me ride your blind."
I said, "Mr. Engineer, please don't be so unkind."
Says, "I'm only a heartbreaker, and you can't ride this train of mine."Train started off slowly, tears began streamin' down.
Train started off slowly, tears began streamin' down.
I said, "Lord why was I left, in this God-forsaken town?"I watched that headlight shinin', far as my poor little eyes could see.
Watched that headlight shinin', far as my poor little eyes could see.
Often wondered why mother and dad, never sent for me.
....oh, I thought we were talking about Benghazi.
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