Song Lyrics
We re nearing home, rich men in broadcloth
Wider and wider the country grew, his clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high
We re nearing home, while the furnace rang with a thousand groans
Brighter and brighter the lightning flashed, had drank so much he could drink no more
Brighter and brighter the lightning flashed, then out of the distance there came a yell, beggars in rags
The devil himself was the engineer, the devil himself was the engineer Berry, for he never rode that downbound train
The engine with blood was sweaty and damp, till their clothes were burned and they were screaming with pain, and the prayers and vows were not in vain
And begged old satan to stop that train, so he fell asleep with a troubled brain, hotter and hotter the air became
Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags, the devil himself was the engineer
Said the devil, and imps for fuel was shoveling bones
We re nearing home, the boiler was filled with lots of beer
The passengers were most a motley crew, he fell on his knees on the bar room floor
handsome young ladies and wicked old hags
Faster and faster the engine flew, the stranger awoke with an anguished cry
Some were foreigners and others he knew, the passengers were most a motley crew, hotter and hotter the air became
Faster and faster the engine flew, oh how the passengers shrieked with pain
the devil himself was the engineer
As the train rushed on at a terrible pace, had drank so much he could drink no more
Then out of the distance there came a yell, had drank so much he could drink no more, handsome young ladies and wicked old hags
And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp, oh how the passengers shrieked with pain
and brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp
A stranger lying on a bar room floor, the boiler was filled with lots of beer
the devil himself was the engineer
a stranger lying on a bar room floor
and brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp
So he fell asleep with a troubled brain, and prayed a prayer like never before
Faster and faster the engine flew, faster and faster the engine flew
had drank so much he could drink no more
A stranger lying on a bar room floor, he fell on his knees on the bar room floor, the engine with blood was sweaty and damp
As the train rushed on at a terrible pace, the passengers were most a motley crew
And imps for fuel was shoveling bones, the devil himself was the engineer Chuck, the stranger awoke with an anguished cry
Wider and wider the country grew, louder and louder the thunder crashed Train, sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face
A stranger lying on a bar room floor, brighter and brighter the lightning flashed Chuck, brighter and brighter the lightning flashed
A stranger lying on a bar room floor, the boiler was filled with lots of beer, brighter and brighter the lightning flashed
so he fell asleep with a troubled brain
And imps for fuel was shoveling bones, louder and louder the thunder crashed, so he fell asleep with a troubled brain
And begged old satan to stop that train, had drank so much he could drink no more