Train Running Low On Soul Coal Lyrics - Andy Partridge

Me train running low on soul coal 

They push and pull tactics are driving me loco 

They shouldn't do that no no no 

They shouldn't do that 

Me train running low on dream steam 

They pull me whistle too hard me bound to scream 

And they shouldn't do that no no no 

They shouldn't do that 

Think I'm going south for the winter 

Think I'm going mad in this hinterland 

Between young and old 

I'm a thirty year old puppy doing what I'm told 

And I'm told there's no more coal 

For the older engines 

Me train running low on soul coal 

Think I'm going south for the winter 

Think I'm going west and my sprinter's speed 

Is reduced to a crawl 

My rails went straight, but straight into the wall 

It's the wall on which they dash the older engines 

And all my servants are leaving 

Imagination gone packing 

Can't find the wound from where I'm bleeding 

He's just a nut and he's cracking 

Hammer goes down 

Brakes all scream 

Me and a couple of empty carriages 

Slide down hill still 

Next stop bad dreamsville 

Think I'm going south for the winter 

Me train running low on soul coal.