The Iron Horse - Levi Stoker
Black smoke rising like a widow's veil against the blue
Feeding coal into the belly of the beast I'm pushing through
Just 10,000 tons of stubborn, cold rolled rivets and pride
With a fire in a furnace that an ocean couldn't hide
I'm the master of the pressure, I'm the king of the rail
Riding on a lightning bolt that's never gonna fail
The world is getting softer but the steel is getting hard
Waiting for the signal in the boneyard of the yard
Let the iron horse run, let the thunder shake the ground
I'm a cross country spirit that's never gonna be bound
Between the piston and the prayer, between the water and the flame
I'm riding out my legend in a soot-blackened name
You can't stop the motion and you can't break the force
Of a man and his machine riding on the iron horse
I've got grease beneath my fingernails and cinders in my hair
Breathing in the rhythm of the heavy mountain air
The silver tracks are singing like a choir in the night
Turning all this muscle toll the morning's early light
They build us out of iron so we never have to bleed
To satisfy the hunger and the never-ending greed
But there's a soul inside the boiler, there's a ghost inside the gear
And when we hit the raddest, they always sound the hear
With fire and force worth that the thunder shakes the ground
I'm a cross country spirit that's never gonna be bound
Between the piston and the prayer, between the water and the flame
I'm riding out my legend in a soot-blackened name
You can't stop the motion and you can't break the force
Of a man and his machine riding on the iron horse
Still rolling
Out on the line
The iron horse
Still rolling
Hear the whistle screaming like a thousand damned souls
Let the iron horse run, let the thunder shake the ground
I'm a cross country spirit that's never gonna be bound
Between the piston and the prayer, between the water and the flame
I'm riding out my legend in a soot-blackened name
You can't stop the motion and you can't break the force
Of a man and his machine riding on the iron horse
Still rolling
Out on the line
The iron horse
