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Midnight Flyer
Words & Music by
Kate Wolf
© 1977 Another Sundown Publishing Company
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Kate Wolf Song Page:
Midnight FlyerHere's another song that Kate wrote about the Sonoma County area where her career
began. She wrote Midnight Flyer just before releasing her second album.
Here comes the midnight flyer
set your watches
by her
Wheels rolling
coming in on time
No one pays her no mind
no one hears her
crying
'Cept some old man
bumming down the
line
Kate said the following in concert about Midnight Flyer
"When I lived in Santa Rosa there were train tracks that ran behind the house on the
back of our three acres. And sometimes I'd be out in my office late at night or
lying in bed...I'd hear the train whistle come through town. And I just made up this song
for the train whistle. Don used to play this on the harmonica; he would do a train
whistle. That was the whole point: you'd play it so the train comes in
and it's real loud, and then it starts to get softer and it goes
away. And you'd play it 'til it's gone. And then you hear the train
whistle. I've always liked the image of the train coming through,
'cause it comes through with such an energy rush and then it's gone. Out in the back
of our property was this old hobo jungle that existed during the Thirties. That's
how come I thought of a guy sitting there. Like nobody ever heard the train but the
people who needed it." -Kate Wolf
(Reprinted from Kate Wolf Revisited, Songs Volume 2.)
Listen to a complete recording of Midnight Flyer from Owl Productions Archive
Tape #1086, recorded for a marathon at KPFA FM Radio in Berkeley, California, on March 1,
1981. Kate is accompanied by Nina Gerber.
MP3
Kate Wolf introducing Midnight Flyer Time: 0:48
MP3
Midnight Flyer Time: 3:30
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