Locomotive Breath Lyrics

Locomotive Breath

In the Shuffling madness of the locomotive breath, 
Runs the all time loser,
headlong to his death 
He feels the piston scraping steam breaking on his
brow 
Old Charlie stole the handle and the train that watched her go 
You
know he couldn't slow down 
No he couldn't slow down 
He sees his
children jumping off at stations one by one 
His woman and his best friend
in bed and having fun 
Crawling down the corridor on his hands and knees

Old Charlie stole the handle and the train that watched her go 
No he
couldn't slow down 
No he couldn't slow down 
He hears the silence
howling catches angels as they fall 
And the all time winner has got him by
the balls 
He picks up Gideons Bible open at page one 
I thank God he
stole the handle and the train that watched her go 
You know he couln't slow
down 
No he couldn't slow down