Testo Engine 143 - Dave Alvin
Testo della canzone Engine 143 (Dave Alvin), tratta dall'album Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
Along came the FFB, the swiftest on the line
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
Roaring into Ceville, headquarters on the line
Receiving their strict orders from the station just behind
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
Saying, "My darling son, be careful how you roam
Many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
But if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time."
Up the tracks he darted, against the rocks he crashed
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast was smashed
His head was against the firebox door, the flames were rolling high
"I'm glad I was born an engineer on the C&O road to die."
The doctor said to Georgie, "My darling boy, be still
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will."
"Oh no," said George, "That will not do, I want to die so free
I want to die for the engine I love, one hundred and forty-three."
The doctor said to Georgie, "Your life cannot be saved
Murdered upon the railroad and laid in a lonesome grave."
His face was covered up with blood, his eyes you could not see
And the very last words poor Georgie
Said was, "Nearer my God to thee."
And the very last words poor Georgie
Said was, "Nearer my God to thee."
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Writer(s): Dave Alvin
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