The Downbound Train

Lyrics

Yeah, a stranger laying on a bar room floor Had drank so much he couldn't drink no more He fell asleep inside his worried brain And Lord, he dreamed he rode on a downbound train Yeah, the engine with blood, it was sweaty and damp Brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp And for fuel there was skin and bone And Lord, the whistle sang with a thousand moans The parlour was filled with the sweat of fear The Devil himself was the engineer The passengers were most a motley crew Some of them strangers and others he knew Wealthy old men brought poor babies in rags Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags Yeah, wider and wider, the country grew Faster and faster, the engine flew Louder and louder, the thunder crashed Brighter and brighter, the lightning flashed Hotter and hotter, the air became Till their clothes, they were burned with each quivering flame Harder and harder, they gasped for air Haha!!! said the Devil, we are nearly there The train rushed on at a terrible pace Sulphuric fumes burned their hands and faces Oh, how the passengers, they screamed for pain And begged old Satan to stop that train The stranger awoke with a terrible cry His clothes wet from sweating and his hair standing high He fell to his knees upon the bar room floor And Lord, he prayed a prayer like he'd never before And Lord, his prayers, they were not in vain Because he never rode on a downbound train Hey, downbound train A downbound train A downbound train On a downbound train On a downbound train Downbound train On a downbound train Downbound train [Instrumental Outro]