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? ass 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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