Bound For Hell Lyrics - Singles - Love And Rockets

Well, faith flies off the mountain everyday 

No parachute and no crash to see 

Yes, my faith flies off a mountain everyday 

And there's no parachute, no goddamn crash to see 

Fly the little monkey up a telegraph pole 

Sending out a signal to somebody, somebody 

Somebody, please somebody 

I want to hear a song that makes me believe in something 

I want to hear a song that makes me believe something 

I want to hear a song that makes me believe 

There's something to believe in 

I want to hear a song that makes me believe 

Had a dream 

I was ridin' on a train that wasn't bound for glory 

Ridin' on a train, the train was bound for hell 

Ridin' on a train that wasn't bound for glory, that's for sure 

Ridin' on a train bound for hell 

The engine with human blood was damp 

The headlight was her brimstone lamp 

And then for fuel I shoveled in bones 

And the furnace roared with a thousand groans 

The tank was filled with lager beer 

The devil himself was engineer 

The passengers were a mixed up crew 

Churchman in his battered suit 

The rich in broadcloth, poor in rags 

Handsome girls, wrinkled hags 

Black men, yellow, red and white 

Chained together, fearful sight 

The dream was stormin' at full pace 

The sulfer fumes burned hands and face 

Wilder and wilder the country grew 

Faster and faster the engine flew 

Loud and terrible thunder crashed 

Whiter brighter lighin' flash 

Higher still the air became 

So clothes will burn from each shrinking frame 

There came a fearful ear splitting yell 

Yell satan dance, the next stop's hell 

T'was then the passengers shrieked with pain 

And begged the devil to stop the train 

Stop this train 

He shrieked and roared and grinned with glee 

And mocked and laughed at their misery 

"My friends you've bought your seats on this road 

I've got to get through with a complete load" 

You've pulled in the weak, you've cheated the poor 

You starving tramp, you turned from the door 

You've lit up gold till your purses burst 

You've given a cleargy a beastly lust 

You've mocked at God in your hellful pride 

You've killed and you've cheated, you've plundered and lied 

You've come across men and you've swore and you've stole 

Not a one but a splurge and in body and soul 

Body and soul 

So you've paid full fare and I'll carry you through 

If there's one don't be loud, I'd like to know who 

And here's a time when I ain't no liar 

A land that will save you, a land of fire 

And your flesh will scorch in the flames that roar 

You'll sizzle and burn from rind to core 

Then I awoke with a thrilling cry 

My were clothes were wet, my hair stood high 

And I prayed as I've never until that hour 

To be saved from hell and the devil's power 

At present my vows were not in vain 

That I paid no fare on that hellbound train