Name: The Expressman (Radio Edit)
Duration: P00H03M31S
Description: The first single from the album'The Frontier Three', 'The Expressman,’ tells of the hazards faced by riders on The Pony Express, a mail service that ran between 1860 and 1861. The Pony Express cemented itself into American history due to the true grit shown by its riders required to travel from Missouri to California in no more than 10 days.

The Expressman (Radio Edit)

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The first single from the album'The Frontier Three', 'The Expressman,’ tells of the hazards faced by riders on The Pony Express, a mail service that ran between 1860 and 1861. The Pony Express cemented itself into American history due to the true grit shown by its riders required to travel from Missouri to California in no more than 10 days.

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On the loneliest trail,
A horseman goes along,
Head high, heels down low
Steadfast in the saddle,
Slow hands on the reins,
Across them western plains

He has gone from Cold Springs
Towards the Sand Spring's pass:
The Expressman is the life blood of the West

Sierra Nevada is fraught
With danger and despair,
Split by a man and nature
How the Spirit it drives a breeze
And with God but the devil on his heels.

He has gone from Cold Springs,
Towards the Sand Spring’s pass:
The Expressman is the life blood of the West
Pray God above, guide his path.

The dust and the heavens
Cut by a fine bay mare
As he rides through the cold night air

Natives along the trail,
A wolf away in the distance
Calling his pack
A colt .44 to protect him
St. Joesph Missouri, now, a long way back

He has gone from Cold Springs
Towards the Sand Spring’s pass:
The Expressman is the life blood of the West

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released August 22, 2019
Recorded at Sound Terrace Studios
Produced by EJ O'Reilly
Mix Engineer - Sam Thomas
Performed by EJ O'Reilly and Sam Thomas
Mastered at Cafe Music Studios

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