Tina Turner

Songwriter: Hank Snow

Producer: Tom Thacker

[Verse]
That big eight wheeler rolling down the track
Means your true loving daddy ain't coming back
'Cause I'm moving on I'll soon be gone
You were flying too high for my little old sky
So I'm moving on
That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
Said hello to the Southland we're coming to you
And we're moving on oh hear my song
You had the laugh on me so I've set you free
And I'm moving on
Mister fireman won't you please listen to me
Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep moving me on keep rolling on
So shovel the coal let this rattle a roll
And keep moving me on
Mister engineer take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep moving me on keep rolling on
You're going to ease my mind put me there on time
And keep rolling on
I told you baby from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm moving on I'll soon be gone
You've broken your vow and it's all over now
So I'm moving on
You switched your engine now I ain't got time
For a trifling woman on my main line
Cause I'm moving you done your daddy wrong
I've warned you twice now you can settle the price
Cause I'm moving on
But some day baby when you've had your play
You're going to want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep moving on you stayed away too long
I'm through with you too bad you're blue
Keep moving on

Often dubbed the Queen of Rock & Roll, Tina Turner is arguably among the most iconic of female divas in history, with her prolific career and memorable personality as a performer and a public figure. Hailing from a small town in Tennessee, and born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner has cemented herself as one of music’s greatest entertainers.

Turner’s career in music arose from her frequenting of nightclubs near St. Louis, where she would meet her soon-to-be husband Ike Turner, who would also give her the alias “Tina”. With Ike, she would form the famous Ike And Tina Turner Revue. A dynamic, explosive R&B ensemble, the two became the definition of the genre in the late 60s and early 70s, where R&B/Soul had only tiptoed into the realms of the mainstream. A particularly influential act in popularizing the genre, the Revue went on to release some of music’s most memorable and iconic tracks – a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary”, the Phil Spector-penned “River Deep – Mountain High”, and the electric “Nutbush City Limits”. After a host of drug and abuse problems on Ike’s part, with the male Turner eventually engaging in a violent altercation with his wife, Tina decided to leave her husband for the solo life – and it worked.

As a solo artist, with the help of fellow artists like glam rocker David Bowie, Turner tumbled into mainstream success in the 80s with the only number-one hit of her career – the unconquerable love ballad “What’s Love Got To Do With It” as part of her debut solo album, Private Dancer.

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