Lyrics Pumping Iron - From "Starlight Express" - Paul Jones , The New World Philharmonic

Here comes the diesel train
With its steel refrain
Hear me knocking
The diesel's on its way
It's gonna win the day
Hear me knocking
Listen to the chatter of the diesel force
Generating twenty-seven hundred horse
Camshafts rolling while the rockers rock
Hear me knocking
See me hustle, feel my muscle
Pumping iron
Trying to build my body
Trying to lose my mind
See me straining, I've been training
Pumping iron
I'm a diesel engine
I'm knocking, I'm knocking, I'm knocking
I'm pumping iron
Well he's the one they choose
You know he just can't lose
Hear him knocking
There ain't another rig
That's even half as big
Hear me knocking
Everybody's gonna say the train is smart
The mighty diesel engine is a work of art
Not a word of credit to the mold and stock
Hear me knocking
See me hustle, feel my muscle
Pumping iron
Stretching up a worker
Giving all my weight
See me flex my delts and pecs
I'm pumping iron
I'm a diesel engine
I'm knocking, I'm knocking
Heading for the rally (heading for the rally)
Gonna win the first race (gonna win the first race)
Gonna run the longest, the biggest and the strongest
I'm knocking, I'm knocking, I'm knocking, I'm knocking, I'm knocking
I'm pumping iron