Lyrics:
(He's the Streamlined Cannonball)
A long steel rail a short crosstie I'm on my way back home
I'm on the train the king of them all the Streamlined
Five feet high and risin'
How high's the water, papa?
She said it's five feet high and risin'
Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We got
It's 4:00 A.M. I've got the Haffenreffer ale
I've got nothing to lose so I'm pissin' on the third rail
Groggy eyed and fried I'm headed for
rail away out there alone
But my heart would sigh till I know that I am leavin'
If I don't come back on a oneway track way down in Mexico
You can
from the rail
Ben never lived to tell that awful tale
His life was ended and his work was done
When Ben Dewberry made his final run
He made his final
born
When the weather's better and the rails unfreeze
And the wind don't whistle 'round my knees
I'll put on my weddin' suit and catch the evening
take good care of yourself,
You belong to me!
Don't sit on hornet's tails, ooh-ooh!
Or on nails, ooh-ooh!
Or third rails, ooh-ooh!
You'll get
to the tip of his tail
He can creep through the tiniest crack
He can walk on the narrowest rail
He can pick any card from the pack
He is equally cunning
disturbance
And I'll shout and scream
And I'll kill the king and
I'll rail at all his servants
What can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band
When the weather's better and rails unfreeze
And the wind won't whistle 'round my knees
I'll put on my weather suit and catch you in the rain
I'll be
Well I was standin' in the tavern a-feelin' blue
My foot on the rail, just a-thinkin' 'bout you
But I won't be blue all day
Because relief - is just
the fills, and tunnels
Never falter, never fail
Keep your hand upon the throttle
And your eyes upon the rail
Blessed Savior, Thou will guide us
Till we
Bolton, is it?
- No, no it's, er, Ipswich
- That's Inter-City Rail for you (leaves)
- I wish to make a complaint
- I don't have to do this, you know
- I
I had to quit rail rollin' and
It didn't agree at all
There was always something wrong
With the Southern Cannonball
I once loved a maiden she was
As the years roll by, I wonder why
I long to leave my home
And hit the trail of the iron rail
Away out there alone
But my heart will sigh 'til I
Know that I am
is called Disturbance
I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the king
I'll rail at all his servants
Well, now what can a poor boy do
Except to sing for
don't know where you are
When I was a brakeman riding on the rail
You had another daddy in the county jail
So high powered mama i'm leaving you now
She stood on the tracks
Waving her arms
Leading me to that third rail, shock!
Quick as a wink
She changed her mind
She gave me a night
That's
and round
And the steel rails are cold and hard
For the miles that they go down
Without love, where would you be right now?
Without love, ooh
Where
on the rails
As the summer wind sings its last song
One minute you're here
Next minute you're gone
Baby, baby, baby
I'm so alone
Baby, baby, baby
I'm
fireman on the L & N rail
Let me gather 'round the fire
With all the people in the depot
'Cause in my life singer,
I'll never ride those coal fired trains.
Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid
They slow down and take off their hats, the men do
When they come to the place where John Henry's layin'
Restin'
an elephant, he made him stout.
He wasn't satisfied, till he made him a snout.
He made him a snout, as long as a rail.
He wasn't satisfied, till he made him
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