Empire Builder Lyrics - Use Your Voice - Mason Jennings

All day, everyday 

I swing my hammer to the metal on the northern railway 

Always a movie playing in my head 

A million movies starring you and me 

Moonshine every night 

Eating supper by the fire out in the clear moonlight 

Ankles crossed, hands behind my head 

Telling stories, singing songs about the west 

I'm always thinking of you 

Staring off down the railroad line 

One sweet day i will see you 

But i'll swing the hammer until 

The empire builder brings me home 

For two months and two odd weeks 

Sometimes days go by in which nobody speaks 

From illinois to washington 

There ain't nothing but the hammer to the rail 

One day when this track runs through 

I'm gonna buy a new suit and come looking for you 

Care free, you and me 

We'll take the empire builder to the sea 

And i'm always thinking of you 

Staring off down the railroad line 

One sweet day i will see you 

But i'll swing the hammer until 

The empire builder brings me home 

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