(She Never Took That) Train Across America

from Animalia by Necessary Animals

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lyrics

There’s a thin white light at the edge of the world
She doesn’t take flight, she’s not that kind of girl

She rides the bus, the number 23
To the shore, to the sea
If you never believed that the gods intervene
Then you haven’t seen what she has seen

She never took that train across America
And like a child she flew out of the sun
She often dreams the strangers who depend on her
So much to lose and life spent on the run

She rides the bus the number 22
No time to waste she’s got work to do
She thought she knew that you would wait for her
This never ends it’s just begun

She takes the bus the number 53
She takes it where wild things run free
She’s never been so brave before
The silent strangers along the shore

And when she takes that train across America
Like a child she’ll fly out of the sun
She’ll only take her necessary animals
They never lie they do it just for fun

This never ends it’s just begun
They never lie they do it just for fun

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from Animalia, released November 5, 2021
Kath Allsopp violin
Kathryn Bond guitar
Fritz Catlin drums, percussion
Keith Rodway bass
Ingvild Syntropia vocal
Amanda Thompson vocal, electric piano

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Necessary Animals Hastings, UK

Necessary Animals is an alt psych/classic rock/experimental band based in Hastings. Our debut album features members of the Good Missionaries, 23 Skidoo, Near Jazz Experience, The Big Believe, Cuban Boys and Alabama 3. Our featured vocalists are Amanda Thompson (The Big Believe) and Norwegian actor and singer Ingvild Syntropia (Avengers Age of Ultron, Relationshit and Star Wars Rogue One). ... more

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