Fred Eaglesmith - Small Motors lyrics

Well he bang on this, and bang on that He'd adjust the timing Turn the mag and set the screw Then he'd fix the idle Finally he'd make 'em run As good as they were gonna be And everything you knew you know He taught it all to me And he liked small motors Fly wheels on the side Single piston engines made out of cast iron He liked small motors He'd start 'em one by one We'd stand around and we'd listen To them little engines run And he wore railroad coveralls With his name written on the chest We talked Model A's and T's While he rolled cigarettes And we'd get lost inside our thoughts And we'd let those tanks run dry And one by one those little engines Sputter and they'd die And he liked small motors Fly wheels on the side Single piston engines made out of cast iron He liked small motors He'd start 'em one by one We'd stand around and we'd listen To them little engines run Boys I know you're in your suits And you've come to say goodbye And I can tell you miss him too By the tears in your eyes But I'm asking you a favor By a boy who's brokenhearted Help me get these s**ers down Help me get 'em started And he liked small motors Fly wheels on the side Single piston engines made out of cast iron He liked small motors He'd start 'em one by one We'd stand around and we'd listen To them little engines run