Bloodline Lyrics

Intro F C D
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
Thru 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 sleepy whistle blowin'
I can see the sparks beneath the wheels
As she leaves the hills behind her
For the ragged cotton fields
In a dusty one-horse station
All the children grow impatient
And they stare into the distance for a sign
N/C E D G A
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 runnin' in my Blood Line
she's Running' in my bloodline
Banjo riff in A
Overman Grady waves his lantern
"All on board" I hear him cry
While Lucius stokes the cinder Lord
and wipes the coal dirt 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
N/C E G D A
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 runnin' in my blood line
yeah running in my bloodline
Riff A D B7 D A D Bm A G
Yeah
Now the stockyards are empty
The 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 thru this land
Oh the engine would fire the black smoke would rise
Thru the spray of the slick silver steam
It was something of wonder that steel plated thunder
That moved the American dream
moved the American dream
The American dream
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