Steel Rail Blues

Clang Clang, Tsssssssssss

Wooh-WooooooooooooH

Whoom whoom whoom

All ‘Board the midnight express

Destination pain and duress

Leaving from the depot of doom

Outlines of mountains silhouettes of gloom

Chugga chugga, screaming steel rails

Lurching forward, billowed smoke trails

Rattle of spikes on wooden railroad ties

Glaring into darkness with  emotionless eyes

The iron horse clatters, cling-clang cling-clang

Caught the Nam express to Saigon and Danang

No reservations needed aboard this engine of steam

Fright ride courtesy of the conductor of dreams

Fingers gripping tight to the edge of the seat

Puddles of sweat soaking my feet

Rivers of blood neath trestles of steel

Monochrome flashbacks, visions surreal

End of the line, shadows surround the station

Bony hands reaching out cause chilling sensations

Ragged fatigues cling to skeletal remains

These are my brothers, still feeling the pain

Wooh Wooooooh, Tssssssssssss

The purging of steam

clamoring once again

Into the depot of dead dreams

Boon 6/18/02