Locomotive Breath

Justin Otter Guy

LOCOMOTIVE BREATH

In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath
Runs the all time loser
Headlong to his death
Oh, he feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train, it won’t stop going
No way to slow down
Oh

He sees his children jump off
Stations one by one
And his woman and his best friend
In bed an’ having fun
Oh, he’s crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train, it won’t stop going
No way to slow down
Yeah

He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
And the all time winner
Has got him by the balls
Oh, he picks up Gideon’s Bible
Open at page one
It says God, he holds the handle
But the train, it won’t stop going
No way to slow down