Station by Devadas (featuring Krishna Das)
It's been nearly two decades since I wrote the song, "Station." The words and melody came to me in a vivid dream, where I heard a friend's voice singing this song over a little transistor radio. I woke up and immediately wrote every word down on scrap paper and then figured out how to sing it and play it on my guitar.
A few months later, I invited my friend Krishna Das to a small studio in Brooklyn, NY, to lend his vocals to this song I dreamed up and was now recording. KD has a perfect voice for country gospel, so incredibly soulful and heartfelt, and I'd always loved and admired his segues into classic spirituals like "Lighthouse" and "Jesus on the Mainline" during his kirtans.
What we made was the simplest of recordings, really: just me and KD singing together with a guitar. All these years later, "Station" feels perfect that way, kind of timeless in its simplicity. The lyrics feel that way to me, as well.
We've never sung this song together live, but I hope someday we will.
Til then, I'll be waiting at the station
Tracklist
| 1. | Devadas (featuring Krishna Das) - Station | 4:53 |
Lyrics
Well, the world's gone dark and heavy
You can't steer your way along
And this highway's unforgiving
It don't want none of your songs
Ain't no sign up in the sky
So what will live and what will die
I'll be waiting at the station for this train
Come down to the station
Leave your fears
They're just chains
Come down to the station
There ain't no one left to blame
Let this light train carry you on
Til the darkness is all gone
Come on down, we're going home
Going home
The river's flowing backwards
The stone has been shattered down
There's poison rain down in the valley
And no water in the ground
Leave your fever
Leave your pain
Leave those ghosts you couldn't tame
And meet me at the station for this train
Come down to the station
Feel the rail under your heels
Come down to the station
Breathe the turning of the wheels
Let this light train carry you on
Til the darkness is all gone
Come on down, we're going home
Going home
Your head just leaves you hungry
This food just leaves you thin
This war just leaves you empty
And wishing for a friend
Ain't no hope in your ragged pride
If you want to take this ride
Well then meet me at the station for this train
Come down to the station
Leave your sorrow
Leave your shame
Come down to the station
Leave your shadows
Leave your name
Let this light train carry you on
Til the darkness is all gone
Come on down, we're going home
Going home
Credits
words and music by Devads (Andrew Labrecque)
Devadas - vocals and acoustic guitar
Krishna Das - vocals
engineered by Steve Revitte in Brooklyn, NY in 2004
License
All rights reserved.
Devadas is a kirtaniya, a songwriter, a composer and a producer from Brooklyn, NY. His acclaimed recordings include 2019's "The Grand Street Kirtan Sessions," "Radio Nada" and "Brooklyn Mellows," and he scored the film "One Track Heart - the Story of Krishna Das" with J Mascis. He performs as a kirtaniya and as a songwriter in New York City and throughout the world.