Lyrics

[Intro] We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing Jacob's ladder Out of these boxcars and out of these chambers Out of the bed where we laid with ten strangers We are climbing Jacob's ladder We are climbing on Jacob, Jacob's ladder [Verse 1] It's a fish white belly A lump in my throat A razor on the wire Skin and bone Piss and blood In a railroad car One hundred people Gypsies, queers, and David's Stars [Chorus] This train is bound for glory This train is bound for glory This train is bound for glory now This train (Yeah) [Verse 2] Measure the bones And count the face Pull out the teeth (Did you get 'em all?) Do you belong to the human race? Doctor, doctor Are you unkind? Do you shock the monkey? Cover our eyes with clear blue skies [Chorus] This train is bound for glory (Ah) This train is bound for glory (Ah) This train is bound for glory now (Ah) This train [Verse 3] Here is a dancer who has no legs And here is a healer who has no hands Here is a teacher who has no face Here is a runner who has no feet Here is a thinker who has no head Here is a builder who has no back Here is a writer who has no voice These are the questions These are the answers Stacked like wood [Chorus] This train is bound for glory This train is bound for glory This train is bound for glory now This train, this train (Yeah) This train is bound for glory This train, it carried your mothers This train is bound for glory This train, it carried your fathers This train is bound for glory now This train it, it carried your sisters This train This train it, it carried your brothers Here is a teacher This train it, it carried my sisters Here is a writer This train it, it carried my brothers Here is a thinker This train is This train is bound for glory [Outro] These are the questions Stacked like wood These are the answers Here is potential, and it's gone for good Thank you.