Fairport Convention - Iron Lion lyrics

(Trevor Lucas) Now I've been an engine driver all of my days That's the only thing I can do I hold a good head of steam everywhere that I'm seen Wherever my wheels rolled through Wherever my wheels rolled through Well, I was nearly shut down in a Midwest town Her hair was red, her eyes were blue But the wheels on the track kept calling me back So I bid that girl adieu Yes, I bid that girl adieu Blow whistle, steel wheels keep on humming Hold on darling your engine driver's coming He's coming through Some day I'll have to give up the iron line And then I'll know just what I will find I'll find me some shack by some old railroad track So I can hear them motors whine So I can hear them motors whine Blow whistle, hear them steel rails humming Hold on darling your engineer is coming He's coming through Now I've been an engine driver all of my days That's the only thing I can do I hold a good head of steam anywhere that I'm seen Anywhere my trains rolled through Anywhere my trains rolled through Blow whistle, hear that steel rail humming Hold on girl your engine driver's coming Coming to you