Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well my name is Bob, I'm my father's son I hauled freight for the CPR I ain't never seen a day of the seventh grade Half-amazed that I made it that far But they held no joy for a wayward boy Who wouldn't come in from out of the rain And she wouldn't be amazed that I'd end my days On a runaway railway train [Verse 2] So we was haulin' ass up at Rogers Pass Laying line for the CP Main But a fool for romance I just jumped at the chance For the fireman's job on the train Was taking cannel coal off a 4-4-0 Beats the hell out of packing rail But I didn't know it then I'd be packing right in On a railway destruction tale [Chorus] See it ain't just the money It takes your feet honey And a feeling that I can't explain But I wouldn't be amazed to end my days On a runaway railway train [Verse 3] It was early spring, about 1910 That my chance to meet the maker came When we started to slide on the BC side Of the pass in the pouring rain Well no brakes and no traction just equal reaction On a hell-bound bullet of steel I ain't never been stampeded or been false treated But I'd know how that'd feels [Chorus] See it ain't just the money It sets your feet honey And a feeling that I can't explain But I wouldn't be amazed to end my days On a runaway railway train [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Well as you surmise, you know I didn't die Or I wouldn't be singing this song But when we jumped the tracks with a thunderbolt crack I've seen days that haven't lasted that long Cut a burning streak down to K4 Creek And when it all was said and done We were up to our necks in the river and the wreck And laughing like a son-of-a-gun [Chorus] See it ain't just the money It takes your feet honey And a feeling that I can't explain But I wouldn't be amazed to end my days On a runaway railway train See it ain't just the money It takes your feet honey And a feeling that I can't explain But I wouldn't be amazed to end my days On a runaway railway train No I wouldn't be amazed to end my days On a runaway railway train