In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath
Runs the all time loser
Headlong to his death

He feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train that watched her go
You know he couldn't slow down
No, he couldn't slow down

He sees his children jumping off
At stations one by one
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun

Crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train that watched her go
No, he couldn't slow down

He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
And the all time winner
Has got him by the balls

He picks up Gideon’s Bible
Open at page one
I thank God he stole the handle
And the train that watched her go
You know he couldn’t slow down
No, he couldn't slow down

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
(Lawless)

The tarot is fate
Said the Gypsy Queen
And she beckoned me
To glimpse my future she'd seen

She said: Try to run away
Don't know what to do
Do you feel it's real
Do you believe it's true?

When I lay the card down
Will it turn up the fool?
Will it turn up sorrow?
Is there one there for you?

For whom the bell tolls
It tolls for me

Illusions are real
And the dreams that you feel
I'll come back to you
And voice the scream in your ear

Originally released on Capitol Records, February, 1989
MEAN MAN
LOCOMOTIVE BREATH

Originally released on Capitol Records, February, 1989
MEAN MAN
LOCOMOTIVE BREATH
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS