Leave Your Baggage at the Station

Musical Influence: Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues
Content Influence:
Sign at Train Station
Main and Terminal Vancouver
Trip to Fluevog shoes in Vancouver

I wandered through the alleys

And the back roads of my mind

I carried too much baggage

Only some of it was mine

Wandered through the streets

Praying for a sign

Wandered to the station

Could not believe my find

Right up on the wall

There for all to see

Was a sign that seemed posted

Just especially for me

It said “Unattended baggage

May be destroyed”

When I read it

My heart was overjoyed

I took my baggage and my mess

A lifetime full of stress

I left it right beneath the sign

Now everything is fine

That unattended baggage

Was no longer mine

I left it unattended

For someone to destruct

I had so much baggage

That they had to bring a truck

My whole life turned around

Beginning with my luck

I left behind my baggage

I left behind my shoes

I left behind my bluejeans

And all of my bad news

I wore nothing but my long-johns

And a great big happy smile

I hadn't had such freedom

In really quite a while

I walked on down to Fluevogs

And I bought some brand new shoes

Good roads ahead 

And even better news

Now I'm whistling Dixie

And don't ever sing the blues

Who ever knew? So much to gain 

From losing so much pain

If you want a happy life

It's your baggage you must lose

Leave your baggage at the station

And walk off in brand new shoes