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The Beach Boys – Cabinessence (1969) | Track profile | Dork

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Smile (2011 Version)
Cabinessence

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Cabinessence

Release date: 10th February 1969

From Smile (2011 Version)

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"Cabinessence" is a track by The Beach Boys, from the album Smile (2011 Version), released 10th February 1969. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Beach Boys.

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Lyrics

Cabinessence

Part I: Home on the Range

[Verse 1]

Light the lamp and fire mellow

Cabin essence, timely hello

Welcomes the time for a change

Lost and found, you still remain there

You'll find a meadow filled with grain there

I'll give you a home on the range...

Part II: Who ran the Iron Horse

[Chorus]

Who ran the iron horse?

Who ran the iron horse?

Who ran the iron horse?

Who ran the iron?

Who ran the iron horse?

Who ran the iron horse?

Who ran the iron horse?

Who ran the iron?

Who ran the iron horse?

Who ran the iron horse?

Part I: Home on the Range

[Verse 2]

I want to watch you windblown facing

Waves of wheat for your embracing

Folks sing a song of the grange

Nestle in a kiss below there

The constellations ebb and flow there

And witness our home on the range

Part II: Who ran the Iron Horse

[Chorus]

Who ran the iron horse? (Truck drivin' man, do what you can)

Who ran the iron horse? (High-tail your load off the road)

Who ran the iron horse? (Out of night-life, it's a gas man)

Who ran the iron? (I don't believe I gotta grieve)

Who ran the iron horse? (I'm outta luck)

Who ran the iron horse? (with a buck and a booth)

Who ran the iron horse? (Catchin' on to the truth)

Who ran the iron? (In the vast past, the last gasp)

Who ran the iron horse? (Land in the dust, trust that you must)

Who ran the iron horse? (Catch as catch can)

Part III: The Grand Coolie Dam

[Outro]

Have you seen the Grand Coolie working on the railroad?

Have you seen the Grand Coolie working on the railroad?

Have you seen the Grand Coolie working on the railroad?

Over and over, the crow cries uncover the cornfield

Over and over, the thresher and hover the wheat field

Over and over, the crow cries uncover the cornfield

Over and over, the thresher and hover the wheat field

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Track details

From Smile (2011 Version)

1969

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Album

Smile (2011 Version)

Release year

1969

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