I wanna share a tale with you about the American dream. When all the railroads ran on time and our nation ran on steam. Behind the tracks in railroad times, a hero took command. of connecting every town and he was called... Railroad man.
(Railroad man)
Railroad man, can you take me to San Fran? Can you take me down to Tennessee and across the Rio Grande? Can you take me up Mt. Everest and into Disneyland? Can you get me there on time? Oh can you do it Railroad man?
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They called him that because he built the railroads and was male. And they called them railroads because they were like roads, except with rails.
His eyes they see, were made of coal, his toes were railroad spikes. His trains got 7 stars on yelp and a billion Facebook likes.
He laid all of the track you see. Hooked up the U.S.A And he would of kept on going if not for that fateful day. These two weird fellas came to town and invented human flight. They called their ship an aeroplane and themselves, the Brothers Wright.
(Brothers Wright)
They said "Our planes can transfer man without the need for rail". "Your industry is dying and your dream's going to fail". "So pull up your slacks and pack your tracks and get on out of town". "We don't need steam or steel beams to get our selves around".
He said "two Wrights don't make a right and dang if that ain't wrong" "Hey that lyric ain't half bad, I hope it ends up in a song" "If god intended man to fly, we'd be born in a flock". "Those Wright Brothers and their flight machine can go and suck a cock" "Those Wright Brothers can sniff my boot. They can give my arse a smell" "They can lick my shaft for the aft. and their plane can burn in hell".
The Wright brothers they challenged him, they said "You think your great?". "Can your steam trains do a loop-de-loop without losing their freight?". "If you do it we'll leave town and we wont ever come back". "but if you fail, you can take your rail and shove it up your crack". "na-a-ah to hell with you Wright Brothers, the sky's for birds" "and the ground's for turds and you sir are the latter word".
Railroad man, can you rise to their command? Can your trains do a loop-de-loop? can they do it all on land? Wilbur's talking Smack about your track, Orville's railing on your rails. Can you kick their arse, with steam and brass and even steel nails?
Railroad man?
The railroad man, he spent a month looping up his track. And he gathered up the townsfolk and he told them to stand back. the train had started chugging, and the loop-de-loop drew near. The train, it was America, and it's freight, our hopes and fears. Everyone watched in silence, you could hear a needle draw. The train it went straight up the loop and right on to the top.
The Railroad man was finished. he knew he'd had his run. The aeroplane had beat him fair and square. And the railroads day were done.
But before he died he wrote a note, for anyone that flies. He wrote it all in railroads so we could see it from the skies. So take a look down there, down below written in the land. You'll see the final dying words of the Railroad man.
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