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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