Gone Dead Train Lyrics

Gone Dead Train

It`s a gone dead train
Yes, it`s a gone dead train

My engine was pumpin` steam
And I was grindin` at you hard and fast
Burnin` down the rails, tryin` to heat the way
Haulin` as* and ridin` up the track
And I laughed at the conductor who was tellin` me my coal
It would never last

But then the fire in my boiler
Up and quit before I came
Ain`t no empty cellar
Like a gone dead train

Once was at a time when I could
Mama shave `em dry
And raise a fever ice-down chill
Waitin` at the station
With a heavy loaded sack
Savin` up and holdin` just to spill
Shootin` my supply through my demon`s eye
Instead of holdin` my time, I hope I will

But then the fire in my boiler
Up and quit before I came
There ain`t no empty cellar
Needs a gone dead train

Yes it`s a gone dead train
I`m gonna teach it to learn now, now
It`s a gone dead train
Yes it`s a gone dead train
I`m gonna teach it to learn now, now
It`s a gone dead train
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to learn

There ain`t no easy day
When your daily run`s a downhill pull
And there ain`t no easy way
Wishin` for some jelly roll
There ain`t no switch been made 
To make your juicy lemon find
A spring to run a dry well full

But then the fire in my boiler 
Up and quit before I came
Ain`t no empty cellar
Needs a gone dead train
Yes it`s a gone dead train
I`m gonna teach it to learn
You know it`s a gone dead train
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn
It`s a gone dead train
It`s a gone dead train, you gotta learn
It`s a gone dead train
Gonna teach it, gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn.
Words and music by Jack Nitzsche & Russ Titelman
(copyright 1971 warner--tamerlane pub. corp.)
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