Sonatas XII-48 (Life)

Sonatas XII-48 (Life)

Words by Khaetidawne and Brendan Quirk

This was once the main highway and a busy railroad line
Families and vacationers travelled these ways dressed so fine.
Now it just looks humble and almost deserted, folks say -
But the summer crops still ride to market on these tracks today.

It's kind of sad that this happens to the small towns. But you've captured the "despair" quite nicely.

Kenny Harrelson said:

It's kind of sad that this happens to the small towns. But you've captured the "despair" quite nicely.

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At least some of these rail lines do still run for freight. Fall is when the crops are in, and the vegetable canneries need to ship. Passenger rail service has been abandoned since who knows when. This line now stops far short of its former terminus. Acknowledgements to the small rail line, Wisconsin Southern, that keeps this and similar lines running.