Locomotive Breath
(Ian Anderson)
- Jethro Tull -



In the shuffling madness
The locomotive breath
Runs the all time loser
Headlong to his death
Oh, and fears of testing scraping
Scene breaking on his brow

And Charlie stole the handle
And the train that watched her go
Ya know it couldn’t slow down

He sees his children jumping off
Stations one by one
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun
Oh, He’s crawling down the corridor
On his hand and knees

Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train that watched her go
Ya know it couldn’t slow down
No it couldn’t slow down ...
No !

He hears the silence howling
He catches angels as they fall
And the all time winner
Has got him by the balls
Oh he picks up Gideon’s Bible
Open at page one

I thank God he stole the handle
And the train that watched her go
You know it couldn’t slow down
No it couldn’t slow down
No it couldn’t slow down