《Downbound Train》歌词

[00:00:01] Downbound Train - Steve James

[00:00:17] A stranger lyin' on a barroom floor

[00:00:22] Had drank so much that he could drink no more

[00:00:26] And so he fell asleep with a troubled brain

[00:00:30] To dream that he rode on a hellbound train

[00:00:50] The engine was bloody it was sweaty and damp

[00:00:54] And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp

[00:00:59] An imp for fuel was shovelin' bones

[00:01:02] While a furnace rang with a thousand groans

[00:01:23] The boiler was filled with lager beer

[00:01:27] The devil himself was the engineer

[00:01:31] The passengers were most a motley crew

[00:01:36] Some were foreigners and others he knew

[00:01:40] Rich men in broadcloth beggars in rags

[00:01:44] Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags

[00:02:03] As the engine rushed on at a terrible pace

[00:02:08] Sulfuric fumes scorched their hands and face

[00:02:12] Wider and wider the country grew

[00:02:16] Faster and faster the engine flew

[00:02:20] Louder and louder the thunder crashed

[00:02:24] Brighter and brighter the lightnin' flashed

[00:02:28] Hotter and hotter the air became

[00:02:31] 'Til the clothes were burnin each quivering flame

[00:02:36] Then out of the distance there came a yell

[00:02:39] Ha ha said the devil we're nearin' hell

[00:02:44] Oh how the passengers stricken with pain

[00:02:48] Begged old satan to stop that train

[00:03:42] The stranger awoke with an anguished cry

[00:03:46] His clothes full of sweat and his hair standin' high

[00:03:50] He fell to his knees on the barroom floor

[00:03:54] And prayed and prayed like never before

[00:04:14] And his prayers and vows

[00:04:18] Were not in vain

[00:04:22] For he never rode

[00:04:26] All that down bound train