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It's a gone dead train |
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Yes, it's a gone dead train |
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My engine was pumpin' steam |
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And i was grindin' at you hard and fast |
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Burnin' down the rails, tryin' to heat the way |
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Haulin' ass and ridin' up the track |
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And i laughed at the conductor who was tellin' me my coal |
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It would never last |
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But then the fire in my boiler |
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Up and quit before i came |
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Ain't no empty cellar |
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Like a gone dead train |
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Once was at a time when i could |
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Mama shave 'em dry |
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And raise a fever ice-down chill |
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Waitin' at the station |
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With a heavy loaded sack |
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Savin' up and holdin' just to spill |
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Shootin' my supply through my demon's eye |
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Instead of holdin' my time, i hope i will |
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But then the fire in my boiler |
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Up and quit before i came |
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There ain't no empty cellar |
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Needs a gone dead train |
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Yes it's a gone dead train |
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I'm gonna teach it to learn now, now |
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It's a gone dead train |
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Yes it's a gone dead train |
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I'm gonna teach it to learn now, now |
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It's a gone dead train |
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Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to learn |
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There ain't no easy day |
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When your daily run's a downhill pull |
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And there ain't no easy way |
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Wishin' for some jelly roll |
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There ain't no switch been made |
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To make your juicy lemon find |
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A spring to run a dry well full |
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But then the fire in my boiler |
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Up and quit before i came |
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Ain't no empty cellar |
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Needs a gone dead train |
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Yes it's a gone dead train |
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I'm gonna teach it to learn |
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You know it's a gone dead train |
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Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn |
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It's a gone dead train |
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It's a gone dead train, you gotta learn |
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It's a gone dead train |
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Gonna teach it, gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn. |
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Words and music by jack nitzsche & russ titelman |
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All rights reserved |
