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Engine Brakes

from Tour Demo by Nellie Kane

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either you weren't built to last
or this place was built to tear you down
how was your maker supposed to know
they'd put a railroad through this town
they'd build a railroad and a town
they'd lay that heavy metal in the ground

and they lay the tracks down at your feet
shakes your bones and cuts your skin
makes the sound of your poor heart breakin
when that big old heavy metal rolls in
when that big dirty train rolls in
when that big old dirty train rolls in

and when the clouds are hangin low and wide
and the whole sky's a deep dark grey
i go sit by the tracks and listen
for the shrieking of the engine breaks

never learned quite how to listen
for the good lord callin on me
never heard the sound of my baby cryin
did right to set the poor child free
i never let her come on home to me

and when the clouds are hangin low and wide
and the whole sky's a deep dark grey
i go sit by the tracks and listen
for the sounds i'll never hear you make

for the shrieking of the engine breaks.

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from Tour Demo, released March 17, 2016

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