Letras de Bloodline

In the eyes of the old ones who watched from a distance
It was devilish magic at best
But the hearts of the children were filled with excitement
As they dreamed of their home in the west

Oh, the engine would fire, the black smoke would rise
Through the spray of the slick silver steam
It was something of wonder, that steel plated thunder
That moved the American dream
That moved the American dream

I can hear the steam feet whistle blowing
I can see the sparks beneath the wheel
As she leaves the hills behind her
For the ragged cotton fields
In a dusty one horse station
All the children grow impatient
As they stare into the distance for a sign

Here she comes, can′t you hear the whistle whine
Here she comes, she's rollin′ in right on time
Well, I can feel her, she's running in my bloodline
She's running in my bloodline

Old man Brady waves his lantern
"All on board", I hear him cry
While Lucius strokes the cinders
And wipes the coal dust from his eyes
Yes, she was proud and full of fire
As she rode that silver wire
From the Kansas plains to the great Sierra pine

Here she comes, can′t you hear the whistle whine
Here she comes, she′s rollin' in right on time
I can feel her, she′s running in my bloodline
Yeah, running in my bloodline
Here she comes

Now the stockyards are empty, steel rails are rusted
They belong to the wind and the sand
But we long will remember the steel and the timber
And the pulse that once beat through this land

Oh, the engine would fire, the black smoke would rise
Through the spray of the slick silver steam
It was something of wonder, that steel plated thunder
That moved the American dream
That moved the American dream

The American dream, dream