Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line

from Lost up a Mountain, With an Expression of Perturbed Bewilderment by Ceolskog

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lyrics

I'm an ordinary joker, growin' old before me time,
Me heart's in Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line.

Taumarunui, Taumarunui. Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line!

You can get to Taumarunui going North or going South,
And you pull in there at midnight and there's cinders in your mouth,
You've got cinders in your whiskers and a cinder in your eye,
So you pop off to Refreshments for a cuppa tea and kai,

Taumarunui, Taumarunui. Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line!

There's this sheila in Refreshments and she's pouring cups'a tea,
And me heart jumps like a rabbit when she pours a cup for me.
She's got hair'f flamin' yeller, and lips'f flamin' red,
And I'll love that flamin' shiela till I'm up and gone and flamin' dead,

Taumarunui, Taumarunui. Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line!

Now you can get a job in Wellington or Auckland to the North,
But you can't in Taumarunui though you try for all you're worth.
If I want to see this shiela I've got to take a train,
Get ten minutes for refresments then they cart me off again,

Taumarunui, Taumarunui. Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line!

Well they took me on as Fireman on the Limited Express,
Add I thought that she'd be Jake but now she's all a flamin' mess.
That shiela wouldn't take t' me, she said I smell like piss,
Now she's gone and changed her duty hours and works the daylight shift,

Taumarunui, Taumarunui. Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line!

I'm an ordinary joker, growin' old before me time,
me heart's in Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line.

Taumarunui, Taumarunui. Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line!

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from Lost up a Mountain, With an Expression of Perturbed Bewilderment, released May 26, 2022

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Ceolskog Hamilton, New Zealand

Ceolskog is the folk metal project of Adam Helliwell, a singer and guitarist from New Zealand. Ceolskog's style is a cross between traditional folk music, particularly Celtic and Nordic, and heavy metal.

Ceol means music in Irish, and skog means forest in Norwegian. Although a solo project for now, it will hopefully become an entire band in the future. ... more