The Doobie Brothers : 'Long Train Runnin'' (1973) • Official Music Video • HQ Audio • Lyrics

• Official Music Video • HQ Audio • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below

This video contains optional subtitles for the lyrics, which can be activated and deactivated by simply clicking on the "CC" button beneath the video.

That was the best-quality upload of this music video I could find online, and in fact it was the only one I could find that includes the last half-minute of the song. It misses the beginning of the song, and does not have very good audio quality, so I have replaced the audio track with a high-quality, full-length one, and this involved slowing down the footage quite a lot, as it was running very fast compared to the HQ audio track I am using. To accompany the beginning of the song, I have put up on screen a picture of the single as released in Germany. The first 4 seconds of the footage, which occur in this video between 0:05 and 0:09, were very out-of-sync, with the picture running very early compared to the sound, so I have fixed that. The next 6 seconds were in sync, and the remainder of the footage was slightly out of sync, with the picture running slightly early compared to the sound, so I have fixed that. I have also cropped the edges of the picture, just enough to clean them up. I have also upscaled the resolution from 480p to 1080p, as this increases the bitrate, which slightly improves picture quality at all the different resolution settings the viewer can select and allows for the highest-quality audio, but please be aware that playing it at the 1080p setting is not going to make it look as good as a true 1080p video. I have also added optional subtitles for the lyrics.

This song was written by Tom Johnston. This track was produced by Ted Templeman, and was released in 1973. According to Wikipedia, this single reached No. 8 in the band's native USA and in Canada, No. 10 in the Netherlands, No. 11 in South Africa, No. 15 in New Zealand, No. 58 in Australia, and No. 64 in Germany. A 1993 remix of the song reached No. 7 in the UK, No. 14 in Ireland, No. 34 in Belgium, and No. 67 in Australia.

I have also made a high-quality upload of the official video for that 1993 remix version, and it can be seen here:

The Doobie Brothers : "Long Train Runnin'" (Locomotive Remix) (1993) • Official Music Video • Lyrics

For more information on this song and track, see these pages:

For my other videos featuring the Doobie Brothers, see this playlist:

My Doobie Brothers Videos

Apart from my Doobie Brothers videos, I currently have three other videos featuring tracks produced by Ted Templeman, and they are these:

Van Halen : "Mean Street" (1981) • Unofficial Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option

David Lee Roth : "Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" (1985) • Official Music Video • HQ Audio

David Lee Roth : "Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" (1985) • Official Music Video

I have been unable to find an official presentation of the lyrics to this song. Presented as a comment below and as optional subtitles in the video is my own transcript of the lyrics, and to help me in figuring out what the correct lyrics are I have referred to the presentations found on lyrics websites and guitar notation websites, I have looked at the pictures of sheet music that are freely available to view, and I have watched videos of live versions of the song.

[notinconceivable]

LYRICS

"Long Train Runnin'"


- The Doobie Brothers

(Words and Music by Tom Johnston)

Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
You see them old trains runnin'
And you watch them disappear
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love

You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family
And she won't be comin' back
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love

Well, the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Got to keep on pushin', mama
'Cause you know they're runnin' late
Without love
Where would you be now, na-na-now
Without love

[Break]

Well, the Illinois Central
And the Southern Central Freight
Got to keep on pushin', mama
You know they're runnin' late
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love

Well, the pistons keep on churnin'
And the wheels go 'round and 'round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love
Where would you be right now
Without love
Ooh, where would you be now

Mmm
Got to getcha, baby, baby, won't you move it down
Won't you move it down
Baby, baby, baby, baby, won't you move it down
When the big train run
When the train's a-movin' on
We've got to keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Just keep on movin'
Won't you keep on movin'

[suzymoon]

1973 I was 4...when the world 🌎 still seemed like a good place to grow up in🕯🎶🎵🎼

[TassIan]

This song should be in a time capsule.

[lisarousseau]

The 70's will go down in history as the most rocking decade!

[ScherryWilliams]

My husband and I used to dance 🩰 to this song at Eddie's cocktail lounge in Marysville California. It's not there anymore but thanks for the song.❤❤🎉🎉😂😂😢 My husband died 9 years ago and I miss him much 😢😢😢

[GlenWatson]

Opening guitar riff is iconic. Backing harmonies are excellent. Harmonica is amazing.

Fantastic song.

[aliZarghami-jb]

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[ingrid]

Thank you Yah bless you it's not inconceivable, I dedicate these men's thoughts and this, their song in my prayers to YAHUAH Almighty to my children, friends, and President Donald Trump Mrs Trump and their whole family, and the man who was assassinated and his family, and the other two men who were shot, their families, JD Vance & wife, family and Tim Scott and the other gentlemen who are like Trump, good honest men with pure hearts IAUE please help them and help us all to over me evil thank you all men of the Doobie Brothers IAUE bless you all, and the person who posted this, bless you forever