boxcar rolling

 boxcar rolling

boxcar rolling down the railroad track
goes clickity clack
sure is hauling a long heavy load
don't know what it is
but it does not smell good.

years ago, it would be hauling corn
in great big sacks
it might be bringing in a load of wood
we'd say thumbs up
because we knew we could.

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     well, there's a boxcar rolling by
     oh, it's trouble to the sky
     now we know the load can kill us in a flash
     I hear a train, I want to run
     louder rumbles sound like a gun
     these are scary times down by the railroad tracks. 

years ago, it might be hauling steel
for metal racks
it might be bringing our food supply
the loss of which would
only make grown men cry.

today, it could be hauling liquid death
seeping out the cracks
today, the load is told about in quiet words
'cause our economy could
easy make grown men die.

     well, there's a boxcar rolling by

     oh, it's trouble to the sky

     now we know the load can kill us in a flash

     I hear a train, I want to run

     louder rumbles sound like a gun

     these are scary times down by the railroad tracks. 

gah

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