story behind the song: a fallen angel obsessed by HO scale and acoustic guitars blended with a myriad of railway stories and mythos
Lyrics
Had to buy that freight train from that surplus store
Pulling just full fuel cars so i don't stop no more
i know where i'm going, don't think i really care
knowing i can't run away, sometimes alone is fair
Bought another six string from that pawn shop here
keep it with me in the engine room, make my music steer
me in the right direction, maybe even home
instead of past them pearly gates on the way to those below
went and got my wings clipped, from flying way to low
went and pawned my halo, no more golden afterglow
I got sick of walking, tired of hitching rides
so i went and i sold my soul to finance this good buy
So i could buy a freight train....
