Roger Miller Top Ten: Train of Life (#1)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (68918)
United States
June 22, 2022 9:16am CST
Well, dang me, but it’s time for the end of the Roger Miller countdown! We may have to roller skate in a buffalo herd for further investigation of this brilliant singer/songwriter one day, but for now it closes out. Thanks again to @xander6464 for the suggestion. Here’s the top song on my list.
#1: Train of Life
(No, Linda.)
A little sad…okay, a lot sad. The protagonist thinks, like many people have at one point, that the eponymous figure of speech is zooming right on by him.
While the song itself is good, what I absolutely LOVE about this song is Miller’s vocal range. I’ll bet you never thought the guy who “whoop-boop-boo-ba-doo-doo-doo-doo”’d his way through the opening of “Dang Me” had a voice like this.
He did.
Rest In Peace, Roger. Thanks for all the terrific songs.
And thank you all for reading.
Train of Life
Written by Roger Miller
From Words and Music by Roger Miller, 1966
I’m tired of sitting on the side track:
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@DaddyEvil (137487)
• United States
22 Jun 22
I don't recognize either one of the songs this morning. (Or the song JJ mentioned in his discussion, either.)
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
23 Jun 22
That’s okay. We’ll make a music lover out of you yet! 
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
23 Jun 22
It was pretty well hidden behind all those lighthearted songs.
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@xander6464 (44390)
• Wapello, Iowa
23 Jun 22
A lot of people find this one depressing but I like it.
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
23 Jun 22
Jim Reeves once said he loved to sing sad songs even though he wasn’t a sad person.
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@xander6464 (44390)
• Wapello, Iowa
24 Jun 22
@FourWalls It's Foster Brooks Syndrome. He didn't drink at all.
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
23 Jun 22
I don’t know if anyone else covered this, so it was probably just relegated to an album cut.
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
23 Jun 22
Thanks for blah blah blah, meow (for getting mope’s yesterday).
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@LindaOHio (181331)
• United States
23 Jun 22
So I guess I'll just say thanks for letting me play; and I await your next countdown. I will be starting my Dance Songs countdown soon.
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
23 Jun 22
At least you can look at some of my scenery (not where I was last night though ).
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
23 Jun 22
@LindaOHio — that’s not a good thing always. Wait til you see where I went last night.
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@LindaOHio (181331)
• United States
23 Jun 22
@FourWalls Yes, I live vicariously through you. :-D
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@RebeccasFarm (90294)
• Arvada, Colorado
23 Jun 22
A beautiful one Four Walls thank you.
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
28 Aug 22
Don’t worry about that. I like “Putnam County” but not enough to use in a countdown. Other than that, I leave appreciation of Waits to others.
