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The Engineers Dream

Sometimes he winds
his old watch kinda tight
Ever since he quit movin
things ain’t been quite right
From the railroad to the roundhouse
points far and beyond
He’s too many years
and a million miles gone

His sleep kind of suffers
so much on his mind
Overload, speed
pressure and time
With smoke round his head
his night vision sets in
When he drifts off to sleep
man he’s rollin’ again

Oh to find what you want
and to want what you need
Peace in your heart
and to build up good speed
Fire and water, now that makes the steam
And to roll on forever
is the engineer’s dream
To roll on forever
is the engineer’s dream

He calls to the porter
light your lamp and stand clear
There’s a watch on the nightstand
but there’s nobody here
Like a flash from the furnace
a dream moves the train
On a good all-night run
across the wide open plain

So he kicks off the covers
more coal more coal
Keep the fire good and hot, boys
it’s a long train to pull
As the new morning sun
paints the old windowsill
The old engineer rolls over the hill

Oh it all seemed so real
he knows it’s a dream
Like a hope in the back of your mind
There’s a plan for us all
in the grandest of schemes
To never see the end of the line

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from 20th Century Recordings 1990​-​1991, released December 3, 2020

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