4 - Train Rolled On

drums: Joe Fiorino
bass: Chris Peplinski
voice: Anita Ansamaa

"All aboard," cried the leaders
"All aboard," cried the dealers
"Not so fast," whispered the wilderness

"All aboard," cried the bankers
"All aboard," cried the anchors
"Think again," whispered the wilderness

What starts wrong will end wrong
Latest twist on an old song
Train rolled on
Until the coal was gone
Train rolled on
Stalled in a deadly dawn

The last of the capital class
Took off for Mars
Never made it past the moon
Could not resist
Yet another techno fix

Kevlar walls and super guns
Factory-shiny in the sun

This is what they thought of you
This is what they thought of you

What starts wrong will end wrong
Latest twist on an old song
Train rolled on
Until the coal was gone
Train rolled on
Stalled in a deadly dawn

The light in the silicon night
Flickered and died
Virtual pride erased
Binary code
Isolation overload

To enslave the dispossessed
Was the best way to invest

This is what they thought of you
This is what they thought of you

What starts wrong will end wrong
Latest twist on an old song
Train rolled on
Until the coal was gone
Train rolled on
Stalled in a deadly dawn

© 2014 John Newlands and Rachael Charbonneau

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