A different kind of train song
Lyrics
Living Steel
Feel those frozen tracks start singin’
Midnight's sweepin’ down the rail
See her one great eye a'shinin’,
Hear her doom's day trumpet wail
She comes writhin’ like a dragon.
Smell her belchin’ diesel flame?
Feel this trestle buck and tremble?
Midnight Lady rides again.
Living Steel, --------------------------------------- {Chorus
Surging through the night.
Living Steel,
Where I'm holding tight.
If she ever jumps her track,
This Lady won't be back--
Living Steel.
Taste the stench of her wild whirlwind,
Hear the thunder of her storm.
High above, the moon's eye shinin’--
Home in bed, my love lies warm.
I come to ride the highest beam,
O're dark waters far below.
I come to feel her earthquake rumble,
Come to hear her whistle blow.
Living Steel, --------------------------------------- {Chorus
Surging through the night.
Living Steel,
Where I'm holding tight.
If she ever jumps her track,
This Lady won't be back--
Living Steel.
Three men died upon this trestle,
Scorched by sparks from Midnight's wheels.
Here I'm almost touchin’ heaven,
And I know how hell's flame feels.
Instrumental Break 8 Bars
Living Steel, --------------------------------------- {Chorus
Surging through the night.
Living Steel,
Where I'm holding tight.
If she ever jumps her track,
This Lady won't be back--
Living Steel.
Living Steel.
Copyright 2007 Skip Johnson/John W. Selleck