Spanish Train by Chris de Burgh

This is just a music video I did as a project in class to the song Spanish Train by Chris de Burgh. Its a pretty funny and dramatic song about the lord and the devil playing poker for the souls of the dead... well anyways I uploaded it to present it in class but I am kinda curious to see what people think so feel free to comment or rate it or whatever...

Here are the lyrics:

There's a Spanish train that runs between
Guadalquivir and old Saville,
And at dead of night the whistle blows,
and people hear she's running still...
And then they hush their children back to sleep,
Lock the doors, upstairs they creep,
For it is said that the souls of the dead
Fill that train ten thousand deep!!

Well a railwayman lay dying with his people by his side,
His family were crying, knelt in prayer before he died,
But above his bed just a-waiting for the dead,
Was the Devil with a twinkle in his eye,
"Well God's not around and look what I've found,
this one's mine!!"

Just then the Lord himself appeared in a blinding flash of light,
And shouted at the Devil, "Get thee hence to endless night!!"
But the Devil just grinned and said "I may have sinned,
But there's no need to push me around,
I got him first so you can do your worst,
He's going underground!!"

"But I think I'll give you one more chance"
said the Devil with a smile,
"So throw away that stupid lance,
It's really not your style",
"Joker is the name, Poker is the game,
we'll play right here on this bed,
And then we'll bet for the biggest stakes yet,
the souls of the dead!!"

And I said "Look out, Lord, He's going to win,
The sun is down and the night is riding in,
That train is dead on time, many souls are on the line,
Oh Lord, He's going to win!.."

Well the railwayman he cut the cards
And he dealt them each a hand of five,
And for the Lord he was praying hard
Or that train he'd have to drive...
Well the Devil he had three aces and a king,
And the Lord, he was running for a straight,
He had the queen and the knave and nine and ten of spades,
All he needed was the eight...

And then the Lord he called for one more card,
But he drew the diamond eight,
And the Devil said to the son of God,
"I believe you've got it straight,
So deal me one for the time has come
To see who'll be the king of this place,
But as he spoke, from beneath his cloak,
He slipped another ace...

Ten thousand souls was the opening bid,
And it soon went up to fifty-nine,
But the Lord didn't see what the Devil did,
And he said "that suits me fine",
"I'll raise you high to a hundred and five,
And forever put an end to your sins",
But the Devil let out a mighty shout, "My hand wins!!"

And I said "Lord, oh Lord, you let him win,
The sun is down and the night is riding in,
That train is dead on time, many souls are on the line,
Oh Lord, don't let him win..."

Well that Spanish train still runs between,
Guadalquivir and old Saville,
And at dead of night the whistle blows,
And people fear she's running still...
And far away in some recess
The Lord and the Devil are now playing chess,
The Devil still cheats and wins more souls,
And as for the Lord, well, he's just doing his best...

And I said "Lord, oh Lord, you've got to win,
The sun is down and the night is riding in,
That train is still on time, oh my soul is on the line,
Oh Lord, you've got to win..."

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[Jellyhag02]

A nice view of what it is to be "knelt in prayer"... ( 1:00 )

[AltekStudios]

@Jellyhag02

That's funny actually, you might be one of the first to comment on that. Originally we weren't going to add it in, but my father decided to jump into the scene and do that... So we decided to keep it

[kuflink]

Every time I listen to this song on you tube it is always this version. Absolutely brilliant video.

[gambit7775]

The Devil drinks diet coke! I knew it! thats why it still sells, even though it tastes vile.

[xladycharx]

i love u guys! this video was amazin! ..... xx <3

[xXxMuSiCdUdEXxX]

3:15 "That suits me fine".. that part wwas awesome. haha :P

[xXxMuSiCdUdEXxX]

This is an awesome video for this song :D

[CVTME]

I heard this song for the first time many years ago and I fell in love with it for ever. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us!

[CVTME]

Great job! Congratulations!

[MindfuckedTomoyo]

I love this song so damn much ;w; It's so catchy, and You did well on the video C: btw, Im 13, my dad introduced me to this song and now I loove it <3

[2001cszabi]

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[thekirkusmaximusful]

This was a surprisingly well-made video adaptation to one of my favorite songs. Kudos!

[TheMuzzylover]

classic!