Artie F. Ishall - Locomotive

Locomotive I Like a train on shiny tracks that vanishes around the bend On a long mysterious journey with no destination set I keep rushing through my life, one way ticket’s all I got Beat-up cases packed with memories of the stations I’ve been at II I remember all the places where the train was bound to stop Taking on new passengers, changing cars and changing tracks Never fixed the locomotive and it never let me down So I’ll keep on rolling freely cross this God-made countryside ref Keep on rumbling, keep on rolling, get it on, full speed ahead Cross the pastures, woods and valleys, through the might of this great land Many stations left behind me, there is so much more to come Paid my share to the conductor, paid my dues before I’m gone III Hear the roar of diesel engine and the piercing notes of horns When approaching gateman’s house and passing signal lights and goats In the distance there’s a place to catch a few z’s in the dark ‘till another God-sent stoker gives this firebox a spark