Locomotive Breath

In the shuffling madness
On the locomotive's breath
Runs the all-time loser
Headlong to his death
He feels the pistons scraping
Steam breaking on his brow

Charlie stole the handle
And the train, it won't stop going
No, it won't slow down
Hey, hey

He sees his children jumping on
At stations one by one
His woman and his best friends
Traveling to the sun
He's running down the corridor
On his hands and knees

Charlie stole the handle
And the train, it won't stop going
No, it won't slow down
Hey, hey

He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
While the all-time winner
Has got him by the hands
He picks up Gideon's Bible
Open at page one

Charlie stole the handle
And the train, it won't stop going
No, it won't slow down

No, it won't slow down
No, it won't slow down
No, it won't slow down