A Thousand Freight Trains

 A Thousand Freight Trains

 

I feed coal to the fire and the fire desires more                         

I see your face inside the flames but I’m not sure                    

The blind leading the blind to the Promised Land                   

A thousand freight trains well I’ll be damned                          

 

There are a thousand freight trains what a sight

With one coal engine something ain’t right

Where are they coming from where are they going?

A thousand freight trains none of them knowing

 

Go west young man it really don’t matter to me

A slave to you my love I pretend to be free

But I got a job to do so I push you out of my mind

A thousand freight trains and it’s you I find

 

There are a thousand freight trains what a sight

With one coal engine something ain’t right

Where are they coming from where are they going?

A thousand freight trains none of them knowing

 

What are inside those freight trains could you explain?

Guns and missiles to cause endless pain?

Maybe bibles and hymnals with words true?

Maybe one of them my lover has you?

 

Around the bend up the hill feel the engine strain

I’ll sing you my love song I’ll sing even if it’s vain

We’re barreling down the tracks to parts unknown

A thousand freight trains and we ain’t got a home

 

There are a thousand freight trains what a sight

With one coal engine something ain’t right

Where are they coming from where are they going?

A thousand freight trains none of them knowing

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