Lyrics The Engineer (demo) - Ian Anderson
All
along
the
new
straight
track
we
Plough
the
old
fields
under.
Seven
good
feet
and
a
quarter
inch,
Broad
rails
to
steal
the
thunder.
100
picks
in
'36
sent
navvies
to
meet
their
maker
As
black
Box
Tunnel
worms
its
way
Past
the
Company
undertaker.
Hard,
cast
in
iron,
that
engineer:
God
bless
Isambard!
Piston-scraping,
furnace-busting,
(He)
plays
the
winning
card.
Rain,
Steam,
Speed
at
Maidenhead
-
Turner's
vision
wide.
Over
bridges,
girders,
hot-driven
Rivets
safely
guide
Passenger
wagons
from
Paddington
To
Bristol's
briny
blue.
On
to
break
the
waves,
with
a
thousand
Horses,
turn
the
churning
screw.
Hard,
cast
in
iron,
that
engineer:
God
bless
Isambard!
Piston-scraping,
furnace-busting,
(He)
plays
the
winning
card.
But
those
bonnie
lads
from
way
'oop
North,
had
to
have
the
final
laugh:
The
ripe
new
age
was
the
standard
Gauge,
four
foot,
eight
and
a
half.
And
rolling
out
across
all
Europe,
Across
the
mad,
bad
Empire
world
Came
the
age
of
steam
and
the
engines
Roaring,
bold
brazen
Jack
unfurled.
Arching
palaces
at
Praed
Street,
Stand
lofty
and
serene;
Home
to
their
maker
and
his
last
two
Miles
to
sleepy
Kensal
Green.
Hard,
cast
in
iron,
that
engineer:
God
bless
Isambard!
Piston-scraping,
furnace-busting,
(He)
plays
the
winning
card.
1 The Turnpike Inn
2 Spoken Introduction to Demos
3 Doggerland (demo)
4 Heavy Metals (demo)
5 Enter the Uninvited (demo)
6 Puer Ferox Adventus (demo)
7 Meliora Sequamur (demo)
8 The Turnpike Inn (demo)
9 The Engineer (demo)
10 The Pax Britannica (demo)
11 Tripudium Ad Bellum (demo)
12 After These Wars (demo)
13 New Blood, Old Veins (demo)
14 In for a Pound (demo)
15 The Browning of the Green (demo)
16 Per Errationes Ad Astra (demo)
17 Cold Dead Reckoning (demo)
18 Loose Talk (Track by Track Commentary of the album)
19 Heavy Metals (5.1 mix)
20 Enter the Uninvited (5.1 mix)
21 Puer Ferox Adventus (5.1 mix)
22 Meliora Sequamur (5.1 mix)
23 The Turnpike Inn (5.1 mix)
24 The Engineer (5.1 mix)
25 The Pax Britannica (5.1 mix)
26 Tripudium Ad Bellum (5.1 mix)
27 After These Wars (5.1 mix)
28 New Blood, Old Veins (5.1 mix)
29 In for a Pound (5.1 mix)
30 The Browning of the Green (5.1 mix)
31 Per Errationes Ad Astra (5.1 mix)
32 Cold Dead Reckoning (5.1 mix)
33 Creations (The Making of Homo Erraticus)
34 Conversations (Jerry Ewing Interview)
35 Illustrations (Artwork with Carl Glover)
36 Articulations (Band Interviews)
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