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I Saw the Future (But the Damn Train Hit Me Just the Same)

from I Saw the Future (But the Damn Train Hit Me Just the Same) by Snipe Hunt

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--for those times when you have to ask yourself "Why did I just do that??".

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I Saw the Future (But the Damn Train Hit Me Just the Same)
(© 2000 Walter Ehresman)

Walking out of Juarez, I was wishing that I’d worn some other shoes;
Kept lookin’ past my shoulder, heard my friend say “Hey, I think I see somebody blue!”;
Though blood was on my flipflops, I was thinkin’ I could find another gear; and
I knew before we done it that we shouldn’t try to charge up all that beer.

[chorus]
I saw the future, but the damn train hit me just the same;
I knew about them prairie dogs, but I still hobbled out of that race lame;
And I bet Nostradamus never stepped in piles he’d “seen” before that day;
Still I saw the future, but the damn train hit me just the same.

I felt my third eye open when that girl said I’s the best she’d ever seen;
I prophesied disaster as I slowly slid my hand upon her knee;
My crystal ball was crystal clear about the way this pendulum would swing;
But just because you know it doesn’t mean that you can do a gosh-darn thing.

[chorus]

You’d think I’d be good at playin’ dodgeball as I navigate this life;
The brochure touted benefits for everyone whose got the “second sight”; but
although my eyes are open and I see each speedbump several miles ahead;
I’ll still hit ‘em goin’ full-speed as I stub my toe where angels fear to tread.

[chorus twice]

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from I Saw the Future (But the Damn Train Hit Me Just the Same), released September 1, 2002
Walter Ehresman: archtop acoustic guitar, mandolin, 6-string banjo, lead acoustic flat-top guitar, background vocals.

Vic Ramirez: lead vocals, rhythm acoustic flat-top guitar.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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