Railways in Heaven
C. R. Cameron
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I watched my brother disappear the day the mountain slid Company men said keep diggin' coal, there ain't no savin' the dead Well, I lit this train from company town; the year was 1910 Oh, I reckoned I'd go some place where I could see him again There ain't no railways in heaven That's what I've been told Just tryin' to keep this 2-10-0 fast enough To keep runnin' out the cold The engine reached a fever pitch as I headed down the line Came around the curve in Knoxville when it was 1929 As the papers screamed about the stocks, revenuers broke my jars They just fear for folks' safety, but they don't care if we starve There ain't no railways in heaven That's what I've been told Just tryin' to keep this 2-10-0 fast enough To keep runnin' out the cold There ain't no railways in heaven That's what they all say Just tryin' to keep this 2-10-0 fast enough To try to get away By the time I reached Atlanta, it was 1993 And this new world it ain't got a place for laborers like me But the bills kept on comin' as the factories all shut down Then I got a paira cheap shoes and my family lost the house There ain't no railways in heaven That's what I've been told Just tryin' to keep this 2-10-0 fast enough To keep runnin' out the cold I hit Jacksonville in 2010 runnin' out of steam When suits sold me education as the secret to the dream Then they made fun of my accent and how I held a fork Graduated with a messa debt and not a licka work There ain't no railways in heaven That's what I've been told Just tryin' to keep this 2-10-0 fast enough To keep runnin' out the cold There ain't no railways in heaven That's what they all say Just tryin' to keep this 2-10-0 fast enough To try to get away Oh, I reckon I'll go some place I can see him again
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