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Silverstar - © 2018 Jim Bickerstaff
Terry Feller – Drums
Bob Wray – Bass
Clayton Ivey - Wurlitzer Piano
Pat Severs – Pedal Steel, Banjo & Acoustic Guitar
Donny Carpenter – Fiddle
Savannah Bickerstaff & Landis Yarovyy – Background Vocals
Jim Bickerstaff – Vocals
I suppose this is one of those dang love songs about riding an Amtrack called the Silverstar ... town to town through Florida, playing gigs at every stop ... headed back to North Carolina tonight, thinking about someone and coming to grips with the likelihood that she is not reciprocating. As my friend, Raiford Starke observed, this may be the only known modern use of the city of Inverness in a song. And if you hear something familiar in here, well ... yeah ...
Lyrics
Silverstar © 3/28/2018 j. Bickerstaff
Verse 1
Innuendo soft and slight, a second glance that caught me by surprise
Passed across the night without a sound, from the girl with those captivating eyes
You were always there in the corner of the frame … lingering at the edge of the light
With a tender kiss that took my breath away … on a full moon Florida night
Chorus
Tonight, I'm headed back from Lauderdale to Raleigh, half-way drunk, just me and my guitar
Missing you and listening to the miles click away on this all-night Amtrak Silver Star
I was thinking someday we might try it one more time, and I'm all in for giving you my best
But this train only travels where the tracks go baby and these rails don't run … through Inverness
Verse 2
You went your way and I took off on mine … we got tangled in the things that people do
But I still see that walk-away look in your eyes, it ain't easy to forget a girl like you.
I remember lying by your side, the night our heartbeats and the universe aligned
Steady like the drumming of these old steel rails, hauling me and leaving you behind
Chorus 2
Tonight, I'm headed back from Lauderdale to Raleigh, half asleep, just me and my guitar
Racking up the miles that stand between us on this all-night Amtrak Silver Star
And maybe there's a chance that luck will smile our way, or maybe what we've got is for the best
Cause this train only travels where the tracks go baby and these rails don't run … through Inverness
Bridge
And at every bar and coffeehouse I’ve played along these tracks
I’ve been looking through the crowds and hope to find you looking back
But the face that I remember fades a little every day
I suppose one day it’ll up and fade away
Chorus 3
Tonight, I'm headed back from Lauderdale to Raleigh, as I wipe a wasted tear off my guitar
The whole damn state of Florida between us … at midnight on this Amtrak Silver Star
Sometimes you just know when its all over, and that truth is lying heavy on my chest
Cause this train only travels where the tracks go darling and these rails don't run … through Inverness